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Noun: semantics  si'mantiks
  1. The study of language meaning
     
  2. The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
    "a petty argument about semantics"

See also: semantic, semanticist

Type of: linguistics, meaning, substance

Encyclopedia: Semantics

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