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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•man•tic (si man′tik),USA pronunciation adj. - Linguisticsof, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:semantic change; semantic confusion.
- Linguisticsof or pertaining to semantics.
Also, se•man′ti•cal. - Greek sēmantikós having meaning, equivalent. to sēmant(ós) marked (sēman-, base of sēmaínein to show, mark + -tos verbal adjective, adjectival suffix; akin to sêma sign) + -ikos -ic
- 1655–65
se•man′ti•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: semantic /sɪˈmæntɪk/ adj - of or relating to meaning or arising from distinctions between the meanings of different words or symbols
- of or relating to semantics
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek sēmantikos having significance, from sēmainein to signify, from sēma a signseˈmantically adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024se•man•tics /sɪˈmæntɪks/USA pronunciation n. - Linguistics[uncountable; used with a singular verb] a branch of linguistics dealing with the study of meaning, the ways meaning is structured in language, and changes in meaning and form over time.
- Linguisticsthe meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, etc.: [uncountable; used with a singular verb]Let's not argue about semantics.[plural* used with a plural verb]The semantics of those terms are confusing.
se•man•tic, adj.: There is bound to be semantic confusion when translating from one language to another. se•man•ti•cist /sɪˈmæntəsɪst/USA pronunciation n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•man•tics (si man′tiks),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.) - Linguistics
- the study of meaning.
- the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
- Philosophy, Linguistics, LinguisticsAlso called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote.
- Linguisticsthe meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.:Let's not argue about semantics.
- LinguisticsSee general semantics.
- 1895–1900; see semantic, -ics
se•man•ti•cist (si man′tə sist),USA pronunciation se•man•ti•cian (sē′man tish′ən),USA pronunciation n. |