semantics
(noun)
noun
1. the study of language meaning
Definition categories: thought, linguistics
2. the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
- a petty argument about semantics
Definition categories: thought, meaning, substance
Sentences with semantics as a noun:
- Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
- The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
- The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.