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semantics

noun
/sɪˈmæntɪks/

Etymology

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). By surface analysis, semantic + -ics.

  1. derived from σημαντικός
  2. derived from sémantique

Definitions

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

    • Holonym: linguistics
    • Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology
    • lexical semantics

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

    • 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…

    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.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

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

      • file sharing and locking semantics

    2. Pettiness or triviality.

      • Who cares? This is all just semantics!

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Derived

algebraic semantics, applied semantics, axiomatic semantics, biosemantics, computational semantics, denotational semantics, distributional semantics, ethnosemantics, formal semantics, general semantics, lexical semantics, lexicosemantics, mathematical semantics, metasemantics, minimal recursion semantics, morphosemantics, neurosemantics, operational semantics, phonosemantics, psychosemantics, semantics-free, statistical semantics, teleosemantics, zoosemantics

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at semantics. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at semantics. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at semantics

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA