Semantic Definition

sĭ-măntĭk
adjective
Of or pertaining to meaning, esp. meaning in language.
Webster's New World
Of or according to semantics as a branch of linguistics or of semiotics.
Webster's New World

Origin of Semantic

  • French sémantique from Greek sēmantikos significant from sēmantos marked from sēmainein sēman- to signify from sēma sign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Semantic Sentence Examples

  • This speech sample will also yield information about the quality of the child's voice, how fluent speech occurs, and the child's semantic and physical sound-making skill.

  • As the web becomes "semantic," the use of text HTML codes has been phasing out.

  • However, in the drive towards a more semantic web, they have also adopted the "X11" standard which uses plain English to denote certain precise colors.

  • Only if the form plane encodes semantically indeterminate elements like prototypical complements, does Zifonun's approach go beyond a semantic concept of valency.

  • The natural types provide the basis for semantic interoperability.

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Words Starting With

SSESEM

Words Ending With

CICTIC

Unscrambles

semantic

Words Starting With S and Ending With C

Starts With S & Ends With CStarts With SE & Ends With CStarts With S & Ends With IC

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With S8 Letter Words Ending With C