ALL meanings of semantics
se·man·tics
S s - noun semantics Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form. 1
- noun semantics Also called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote. 1
- noun semantics the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics. 1
- noun semantics general semantics. 1
- uncountable noun semantics Semantics is the branch of linguistics that deals with the meanings of words and sentences. 0
- noun semantics the branch of linguistics that deals with the study of meaning, changes in meaning, and the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings 0
- noun semantics the study of the relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent 0
- noun semantics the study of interpretations of a formal theory 0
- noun semantics the study of the relationship between the structure of a theory and its subject matter 0
- noun semantics (of a formal theory) the principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences within the theory, and the references of its terms 0
- noun semantics the branch of linguistics concerned with the nature, the structure, and the development and changes of the meanings of speech forms, or with contextual meaning 0
- abbreviation SEMANTICS semiotics 0
- noun semantics the branch of semiotics dealing with relationships of signs and symbols to the things to which they refer, or with referential meaning 0
- noun semantics the relationships between signs and symbols and the concepts, feelings, etc. associated with them in the minds of their interpreters; notional meaning 0
- noun semantics deliberate distortion or twisting of meaning, as in some types of advertising, propaganda, etc. 0