semantics — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

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   Esempi

   Holonym: linguistics

   Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology

   Altri esempi (5)

   lexical semantics

   cognitive semantics

   computational semantics

   historical semantics

   Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

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   Altri esempi (1)

   In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.

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

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

4. The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance. The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

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   The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

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

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   Esempi

   file sharing and locking semantics

6. Pettiness or triviality.

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   • broadly
   • colloquiale
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   • of a detail or distinction

   Esempi

   Who cares? This is all just semantics!

Sostantivo

1. the study of language meaning

   Termini più generali

   linguistics

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

   Termini più generali

   meaningsubstance

   Esempi

   a petty argument about semantics