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semantic

Sometimes ··پ·

[si-man-tik]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols.

    semantic change; semantic confusion.

  2. of or relating to semantics.



semantic

/ ɪˈæԳɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to meaning or arising from distinctions between the meanings of different words or symbols

  2. of or relating to semantics

  3. logic concerned with the interpretation of a formal theory, as when truth tables are given as an account of the sentential connectives

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Other Word Forms

  • semantically adverb
  • nonsemantic adjective
  • pseudosemantic adjective
  • ˈԳپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semantic1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Greek ŧԳپó “having meaning,” equivalent to ŧԳ(ó) “marked” ( ŧ-, base of ŧíԱ𾱲 “to show, mark” + -tos verbal adjective suffix; akin to ê “sign”) + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semantic1

C19: from Greek ŧԳپDz having significance, from ŧԱ𾱲 to signify, from ŧ a sign
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Example Sentences

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Whether or not Israel under Netanyahu practices apartheid or has committed genocide are ideological or semantic questions, largely determined by one’s prior assumptions.

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This single neuron thus has semantic invariance for the concept of your grandmother.

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The latter response, Mormann noted, took place in a neuron of the amygdala, which is already known to contain semantic concept cells and to be involved in olfaction.

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The word “unprecedented” is actually accurate, but dependent on semantics.

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I generally loathe semantic debates, but this one matters.

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