semanticsnoun [ U ]
uk/sɪˈmæn.tɪks/us/səˈmæn.t̬ɪks/the study of meanings in a language:
Syntax describes the rules by which words can be combined into sentences, while semantics describes what they mean.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- anaphor
- anaphora
- anaphoric
- double entendre
- ellipsis
- idiomatic
- irregular
- lexicology
- linguistic
- litotes
- neurolinguistics
- parallelism
- philology
- portmanteau word
- semiotics
- stylistics
- tone language
- tongue
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