| semantics definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the study of language meaning | 23 sets |
| 2 | the study of meaning in language. | 18 sets |
| 3 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 15 sets |
| 4 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning | 14 sets |
| 5 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning. | 13 sets |
| 6 | the study of meaning | 12 sets |
| 7 | in language, study of meanings of words | 11 sets |
| 8 | the study of meaning in language | 11 sets |
| 9 | the branch of linguistics that studies that meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 8 sets |
| 10 | the study of meaning and word interpretation; the exact meaning of a word | 7 sets |
| 11 | the science of the way meaning is communicated through language | 7 sets |
| 12 | the study of word meanings | 7 sets |
| 13 | meaning | 7 sets |
| 14 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning. (myers psychology 8e p. 411) | 7 sets |
| 15 | set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 5 sets |
| 16 | the study of the meaning of language as opposed to its form | 5 sets |
| 17 | the study of the meaning of words | 5 sets |
| 18 | the meaning of words and sentences | 5 sets |
| 19 | study of the meaning of words | 4 sets |
| 20 | the study of meaning and word interpretation | 4 sets |
| 21 | the study of the meaning system of language | 4 sets |
| 22 | study of meaning | 4 sets |
| 23 | criteria for assigning meaning to the morphemes in a language; influenced by noam chomsky; content of language; evidence by surface and deep structure | 4 sets |
| 24 | the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another. | 4 sets |
| 25 | the analysis of the meaning of language, especially of individual words. | 4 sets |
| 26 | the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another | 4 sets |
| 27 | the study of the meaning and the interpretation of words | 3 sets |
| 28 | the study of meaning in language conveyed by words, phrases and sentences; | 3 sets |
| 29 | a language's meaning system | 3 sets |
| 30 | the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words | 3 sets |
| 31 | the study of the meaning and the interpretation of words. | 3 sets |
| 32 | rules of governing the meaning of words and sentances | 3 sets |
| 33 | the rules that govern the meanings of words and sentences | 3 sets |
| 34 | the aspect of grammar that specifies the rules used to derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 3 sets |
| 35 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also the study of meaning | 3 sets |
| 36 | the meaning of a program. | 3 sets |
| 37 | the science of the way meaning is communicated through language. | 3 sets |
| 38 | the study of the meaning in language; the analysis of the meaning of words, phrases, sentences | 3 sets |
| 39 | the study of linguistic meaning. it is concerned with the meanings of words, morphemes, phrases, and sentences. semantics is the study of the meanings of words and ways in which the meanings change and develop. semantics includes synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multiple-meaning words. | 2 sets |
| 40 | the meaning of words and the way they are used | 2 sets |