Prosody semantics is related to pragmatics.
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Semantics
//sɪˈmæntɪks//
Synonyms for "semantics" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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3 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- semantiek noun (science of the meaning of words)
Albanian
1 entries- semantikë noun (science of the meaning of words)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم اَلْمَعَانِي noun (science of the meaning of words)
Armenian
1 entries- իմաստաբանություն noun (science of the meaning of words)
Asturian
1 entries- semántica noun (science of the meaning of words)
Belarusian
1 entries- сема́нтыка noun (science of the meaning of words)
Bulgarian
3 entries- семантика noun (science of the meaning of words)
- семантика noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- семантика noun (individual meanings of words)
Catalan
1 entries- semàntica noun (science of the meaning of words)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 語義學 /语义学 noun (science of the meaning of words)
Czech
1 entries- sémantika noun (science of the meaning of words)
Danish
4 entries- betydningslære noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semantik noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantik noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semantik noun (individual meanings of words)
Dutch
2 entries- betekenisleer noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantiek noun (science of the meaning of words)
Finnish
4 entries- merkitys noun (individual meanings of words)
- merkitysoppi noun (science of the meaning of words)
- merkitysoppi noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- merkityssisältö noun (individual meanings of words)
French
1 entries- sémantique noun (science of the meaning of words)
Georgian
1 entries- სემანტიკა noun (science of the meaning of words)
German
2 entries- Bedeutungslehre noun (science of the meaning of words)
- Semantik noun (science of the meaning of words)
Hebrew
4 entries- משמעות noun (individual meanings of words)
- סמנטיקה noun (science of the meaning of words)
- סמנטיקה noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- סמנטיקה noun (individual meanings of words)
Hindi
1 entries- अर्थविज्ञान noun (science of the meaning of words)
Hungarian
2 entries- jelentéstan noun (science of the meaning of words)
- szemantika noun (science of the meaning of words)
Icelandic
1 entries- merkingarfræði noun (science of the meaning of words)
Indonesian
1 entries- semantik noun (science of the meaning of words)
Japanese
1 entries- 意味論 noun (science of the meaning of words)
Khmer
2 entries- និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ noun (science of the meaning of words)
- និឃណ្ដសាស្ត្រ noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
Korean
1 entries- 의미론 noun (science of the meaning of words)
Latvian
1 entries- semantika noun (science of the meaning of words)
Mongolian
1 entries- утгазүй noun (science of the meaning of words)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- watenasî noun (science of the meaning of words)
Norwegian
3 entries- semantikk noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantikk noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semantikk noun (individual meanings of words)
Persian
2 entries- علم معانی noun (science of the meaning of words)
- معنیشناسی noun (science of the meaning of words)
Polish
2 entries- semantyka noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantyka noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
Portuguese
3 entries- semântica noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semântica noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semântica noun (individual meanings of words)
Romanian
1 entries- semantică noun (science of the meaning of words)
Russian
3 entries- сема́нтика noun (science of the meaning of words)
- сема́нтика noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- сема́нтика noun (individual meanings of words)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- semàntika noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semàntika noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semàntika noun (individual meanings of words)
- сема̀нтика noun (science of the meaning of words)
Slovene
1 entries- pomenoslovje noun (science of the meaning of words)
Spanish
1 entries- semántica noun (science of the meaning of words)
Swahili
2 entries- semantiki noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantiki noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
Swedish
2 entries- betydelselära noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantik noun (science of the meaning of words)
Tagalog
2 entries- paladiwaan noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantika noun (science of the meaning of words)
Thai
1 entries- อรรถศาสตร์ noun (science of the meaning of words)
Turkish
2 entries- anlam noun (individual meanings of words)
- anlambilim noun (science of the meaning of words)
Vietnamese
3 entries- ngữ nghĩa noun (individual meanings of words)
- ngữ nghĩa học noun (science of the meaning of words)
- ngữ nghĩa học noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
Walloon
4 entries- semantike noun (science of the meaning of words)
- semantike noun (study of the relationship between words and their meanings)
- semantike noun (individual meanings of words)
- sinifiance noun (individual meanings of words)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
What could be duller than a semantics class with Ben Stein?
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Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.
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It's all a matter of semantics.
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