Noun

1. A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

   Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

   The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

   The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.

Related terms

• seme
• sememe
• semantic
• semasiology
• sematic
• sematology
• semiotic
• semiotics