semantics

/sษชหˆmรฆntษชks/

IPA: /S IH0 M AE1 N T IH0 K S/

noun
  1. 1

    A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

    โ€œSemantics is a foundation of lexicography.โ€

  2. 2

    The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

  3. 3

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

    โ€œThe semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.โ€

  4. 4

    The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

    โ€œfile sharing and locking semanticsโ€

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