semantics

1. (countable, uncountable)A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

   Holonym: linguistics

   Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology

   Bedeutungslehre, Semantik

   сема́нтикаsemántika

2. (countable, uncountable)The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

   сема́нтикаsemántika

3. (countable, uncountable)The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

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

   the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text

4. The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

   (countable, uncountable)The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

   The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

   сема́нтикаsemántika

5. (countable, uncountable)The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

   file sharing and locking semantics

   the study of language meaning

6. (broadly, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Pettiness or triviality.

   Who cares? This is all just semantics!

1. You're arguing semantics.

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2. Prosody semantics is related to pragmatics.

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3. It's all a matter of semantics.

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4. I'm playing semantics on purpose to annoy him.

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5. I'm arguing semantics on purpose to annoy her.

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