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semantics

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"Meaning study"

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9 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈmæntɪks/Part of speech nounSorted aceimnsstStarts with SEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Study of meaning in language and symbols.

Word origin

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). By surface analysis, semantic + -ics.

Used in a sentence

  • Holonym: linguistics
  • Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology
  • lexical semantics

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