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tɪk adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
2.
of or pertaining to semantics.
Also, se·man·ti·cal.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
se·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·se·man·tic, adjective
non·se·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
pseu·do·se·man·tic, adjective
pseu·do·se·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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semantic (sɪˈmæntɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to meaning or arising from distinctions between the meanings of different words or symbols |
| 2. | of or relating to semantics |
| 3. | logic concerned with the interpretation of a formal theory, as when truth tables are given as an account of the sentential connectives |
| [C19: from Greek sēmantikos having significance, from sēmainein to signify, from sēma a sign] | |
| se'mantically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
semantic
1894, from Fr. sémantique, applied by Michel Bréal (1883) to the psychology of language, from Gk. semantikos "significant," from semainein "to show, signify, indicate by a sign," from sema "sign" (Doric sama).
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Example sentences
My two cents, seems to me that some semantic manipulation would help the cause here.
The symmetry of private semantic narrative against public a-signifying topology.
It rapidly became clear that their differences were more than semantic.
Also, if you know the terminology, you can give the search engine some semantic smarts.
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