English noun: semantics | |||
1. | semantics (cognition) the study of language meaning | ||
Broader (hypernym) | linguistics | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cognitive semantics, conceptual semantics, deixis, formal semantics, lexical semantics, semasiology | ||
2. | semantics (cognition) the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text | ||
Samples | A petty argument about semantics. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | meaning, substance | ||