[si-man-tiks] 
) | 1. | Linguistics.
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| 2. | Also called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote. |
| 3. | the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics. |
| 4. | general semantics. |
semantics se·man·tics (sĭ-mān'tĭks)
n.
The study or science of meaning in language forms.
The study of the relationships between various signs and symbols and what they represent.