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semantics

nounfemininetécnico/sɨ.ˈmɐ̃.ti.kɐ/medium

se·mân·ti·ca

Definition

The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.
The debate was more about semantics than actual policy.
She specializes in formal semantics.
Common collocations
lexical semanticssemantic fieldsemantic analysissemantic shift

Etymology

Do francês 'sémantique', por sua vez do grego 'sēmantikós' (significativo), de 'sēma' (signo).

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