semantics /sɪˈmæntɪks/ noun Learner's definition of SEMANTICS
[noncount] linguistics
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: the study of the meanings of words and phrases in language语义学
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: the meanings of words and phrases in a particular context(单词、短语等的)含义 — semanticist
/sɪˈmæntəsɪst/ noun, plural semanticists [count]