semantics English

Meaning semantics meaning

What does semantics mean?

Definitions in simple English

semantics Noun

— Semantics is the study of how languages (ways people talk) show meaning. We were studying the difference of semantics for both words and sentence between cultures. After his injury, he could not remember what words belonged together because of a problem with semantics.

— If an argument is based on semantics it is based on different meanings of words, not different ideas. Or, someone might uses different meaning to be difficult. I've heard you talking about it, and it sound like its all semantics to me.

semantics

— noun the study of language meaning

— noun the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text a petty argument about semantics

Synonyms semantics synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as semantics?

semantics English » English

semasiology

meaning

study of meaning

significance

sense

semiology

sematology

semanteme

purport

moment

magnitude

import

essence

bearing

account

Topics semantics topics

What do people use semantics to talk about?

Language and thought Communication

Language

• What words are used to talk about language?
  linguistics linguistic metalanguage vocabulary dictionary grammar syntax morphology phonology phonetics sounds semantics meaning pragmatics rhetoric pronunciation

Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Meaning

• What words refer to the meaning of something?
  meaning definition semantics sense interpretation

Examples semantics examples

How do I use semantics in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.

What could be duller than a semantics class with Ben Stein?

Movie subtitles

The line of questioning up to now is a familiar one. seeking to falsely characterize the accused. by the clever manipulation of semantics.

IT'S A MERE QUESTION OF SEMANTICS.

I question the semantics here, mr.

On Tuesdays, I take a course in General Semantics at Berkeley, finding new four-letter words.

Institute of General Semantics.

General semantics, University of Chicago.

What do you know about, linguistics, semantics, phonetics?

There's a symposium on semantics.

It's a simple matter of semantics.

Shut up, will you? What if all this is merely a matter of semantics?

How can it be semantics?

Archaeology, semantics, literature, art.

The hell with semantics.

Semantics, Stone.

Do you know of that? Semantics claims that most differences of opinions do not really exist.

General semantics, university of Chicago.

I'm in town for a few days. There's a symposium on semantics.

Mr. Steele, this is no time to argue semantics.

Because of semantics?

Because of semantics!

Semantics, Riggs.

You are arguing semantics.

Semantics claims that most differences of opinions do not really exist.

What if all this is merely semantics?

I'm offering you my body and you're offering me semantics.

I've had a lot of experience with semantics.

Don't talk semantics with me.

Do we really have time for semantics here?

Semantics.

You do not want to argue semantics with a Ph.D. candidate.

Guess now's not the time to argue semantics, is it?

News and current affairs

Beyond semantics lies the more consequential, but equally ambiguous, question of the international community's role and responsibility.

Why argue about semantics?

This is not merely a matter of semantics; such a change will require the US to re-conceive its role in the world.