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- [si-man-tik]
- /sɪˈmæn tɪk/
- /sɪˈmæn.tɪk/
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- [si-man-tik]
- /sɪˈmæn tɪk/
Definitions of semantic word
- adjective semantic of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion. 1
- adjective semantic of or relating to semantics. 1
- adjective semantic relating to word meaning 1
- noun,plural semantic study of linguistic meaning 1
- adjective semantic Semantic is used to describe things that deal with the meanings of words and sentences. 0
- adjective semantic of or relating to meaning or arising from distinctions between the meanings of different words or symbols 0
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Origin of semantic
First appearance:
before 1655 One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < Greek sēmantikós having meaning, equivalent to sēmant(ós) marked (sēman-, base of sēmaínein to show, mark + -tos verbal adjective suffix; akin to sêma sign) + -ikos -ic
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Parts of speech for Semantic
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semantic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
semantic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for semantic
adj semantic
- grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
adjective semantic
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- lexemic — Of or relating to a lexeme.
- lexical — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
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