Usually means: Study of context in language use.
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  1. pragmatics: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pragmatics: Merriam-Webster
  3. pragmatics: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pragmatics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pragmatics: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pragmatics: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pragmatics, pragmatics: Wordnik
  8. pragmatics: Wiktionary
  9. pragmatics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pragmatics: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pragmatics: Dictionary.com
  12. Pragmatics (journal), Pragmatics (linguistics), Pragmatics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. pragmatics: Rhymezone
  14. pragmatics: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pragmatics: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pragmatics: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pragmatics: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pragmatics: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pragmatics: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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noun:  (linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.

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