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se⋅man⋅tic

  [si-man-tik]
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–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; < Gk sēmantikós having meaning, equiv. to sēmant(ós) marked (sēman-, base of sēmaínein to show, mark + -tos verbal adj. suffix; akin to sêma sign) + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
se⋅man⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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se·man·tic   (sĭ-mān'tĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to meaning, especially meaning in language.

  2. Of, relating to, or according to the science of semantics.


[French sémantique, from Greek sēmantikos, significant, from sēmantos, marked, from sēmainein, sēman-, to signify, from sēma, sign.]
se·man'ti·cal·ly adv.
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