Usually means: Meaning and interpretation of language.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word semantics:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. semantics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. semantics: Merriam-Webster
  3. semantics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. semantics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. semantics: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Semantics, semantics: Wordnik
  7. semantics: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. semantics: Wiktionary
  9. semantics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. semantics: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. semantics: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. semantics: Dictionary.com
  13. semantics: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Semantics (album), Semantics (computer science), Semantics (disambiguation), Semantics, The Semantics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. semantics: Rhymezone
  16. semantics: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. semantics: FreeDictionary.org
  18. semantics: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. semantics: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. semantics: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. semantics: Vocabulary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. semantics: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Philosophy of Mind (No longer online)
  3. Semantics: Glossary of English Grammar Terms
  4. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Semantics: Wideman Comparative Glossary of Project Management Terms
  2. Semantics (linguistics), semantics: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. semantics: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Semantics: Cybernetics and Systems
  3. Semantics (linguistics), semantics: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. semantics: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Semantics (linguistics), semantics: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. semantics: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. semantics: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  2. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  3. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. semantics: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
noun:  The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
noun:  The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
noun:  (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
noun:  (loosely, colloquial, of a detail or distinction) Pettiness or triviality.

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