Definition of Semantics

1. Noun. The study of language meaning.


2. Noun. The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text. "A petty argument about semantics"
Generic synonyms: Meaning, Substance

Definition of Semantics

1. Noun. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. ¹

2. Noun. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings. ¹

3. Noun. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semantics

1. [n]

Medical Definition of Semantics

1. The relationships between symbols and their meanings. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semantics

semantic field
semantic information
semantic memory
semantic net
semantic network
semantic relation
semantic role
semantic shift
semantical
semantically
semantician
semanticians
semanticist
semanticists
semanticity
semantics
semantics-free
semantide
semantides
semantogram
semantograms
semantra
semantron
semantrons
semaphore
semaphore plant
semaphored
semaphores
semaphoric
semaphorical

Literary usage of Semantics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"THE Semantics OF MODAL CONSTRUCTIONS BY ... the adoption of hints from the sciences of morphology and semantics, the continued patient devotion of a few to ..."

2. Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and by Stephen Sloan (1992)
"The Semantics of Counterterrorism: A Quasi-Offensive Posture A lack of semantic clarity in terminology used to provide guidance for measures to combat ..."

3. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"A collection of papers on semantics-directed compiler generation is found ... Mosses constructed a system called 'Semantics Implementation System' or 'SIS' ..."

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