semantic

adjective
🔊/sɪˈmæntɪk/
🔊/sɪˈmæntɪk/
[usually before noun] (linguistics语言学)
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  1. connected with the meaning of words and sentences语义的
    • semantic analysis语义分析
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySemantic is used with these nouns:
    • distinction
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French sémantique, from Greek sēmantikos ‘significant’, from sēmainein ‘signify’, from sēma ‘sign’.