Language
semantics
noun
Definition
The study of meaning in language; the meaning of words and sentences.
In a sentence
“Semantic shifts can cause words to change their meaning significantly over centuries.”
Synonyms
meaningword meaningsignification
Common collocations
- lexical semantics
- semantic meaning
- semantic change
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