Semantics

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The study or science of meaning in language.
  • noun. The competence of a speaker with regard to the interpretation of the meaning of linguistic structures.
  • noun. The study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent.
  • noun. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That branch of philology which is concerned with the meanings of words and the development of meanings; semasiology.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • the study of the meanings of words and of the sense development of words; -- formerly called semasiology.
  • a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- also called general semantics.
  • the meanings of words as they are used to achieve an effect; especially, the multiple meanings of words or the multiplicity of words having the same meaning; -- used in referring to the confusion that can be caused (intentionally or unintentionally) by multiple meanings.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
  • noun. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
  • noun. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the study of language meaning
  • noun. the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
    • Word Usage
    "Seperating the syntax and the semantics is a good first step to solving that problem."
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    Glossary of semantics  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    meaning  substance  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    antics  romantics  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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