| semantics definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | the study of language meaning | 19 sets |
| 2 | the study of meaning in language. | 17 sets |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 12 sets |
| 5 | the study of meaning | 11 sets |
| 6 | in language, study of meanings of words | 10 sets |
| 7 | the study of meaning in language | 8 sets |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | meaning | 7 sets |
| 10 | the study of meaning and word interpretation; the exact meaning of a word | 7 sets |
| 11 | the set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning. | 6 sets |
| 12 | 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) | 6 sets |
| 13 | the study of word meanings | 6 sets |
| 14 | the meaning of words and sentences | 5 sets |
| 15 | the study of the meaning of words | 5 sets |
| 16 | set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 5 sets |
| 17 | the study of the meaning of language as opposed to its form | 5 sets |
| 18 | the science of the way meaning is communicated through language | 4 sets |
| 19 | study of meaning | 4 sets |
| 20 | the study of the meaning system of language | 4 sets |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | study of the meaning of words | 4 sets |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | the analysis of the meaning of language, especially of individual words. | 4 sets |
| 25 | the study of meaning and word interpretation | 4 sets |
| 26 | a language's meaning system | 3 sets |
| 27 | rules of governing the meaning of words and sentances | 3 sets |
| 28 | the study of the meaning and the interpretation of words. | 3 sets |
| 29 | the meaning of a program. | 3 sets |
| 30 | the rules that govern the meanings of words and sentences | 3 sets |
| 31 | the study of the meaning and the interpretation of words | 3 sets |
| 32 | the study of the meaning in language; the analysis of the meaning of words, phrases, sentences | 3 sets |
| 33 | the aspect of grammar that specifies the rules used to derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language | 3 sets |
| 34 | the study of meaning in language conveyed by words, phrases and sentences; | 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 | study of meaning in language | 2 sets |
| 37 | the study of the meaning in language. | 2 sets |
| 38 | the study of language forms. | 2 sets |
| 39 | the study of the way words are used and the meanings they convey | 2 sets |
| 40 | (n) the study of historical changes in the meanings of words. | 2 sets |