Meaning of semantics | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
   countable, uncountable
2. feminine singular of semántico
3. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
   countable, uncountable
4. The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
   countable, uncountable
5. The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
   countable, uncountable
6. The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
   countable, uncountable
7. Pettiness or triviality.
   broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonym: linguistics”

“Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology”

“lexical semantics”

“cognitive semantics”

“computational semantics”

“historical semantics”

“Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.”

“In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build⟳ semantic representations which partially capture⟳ the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.”

“In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend⟳ to be uncertain.”

“The semantics of the terms used are debatable.”

“file⟳ sharing and locking semantics”

“Who cares? This is all just semantics!”

CEFR level