semantics
Pronunciation: /sɪˈmæntɪks/
The English word “semantics” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
- The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
- The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
- The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
- The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
- Pettiness or triviality.
Etymology
From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). By surface analysis, semantic + -ics.
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