English-Estonian translations for semantics

• semantika
  See väljendusviis on midagi enamat kui pelgalt semantika: see on meie filosoofiline valik. Stating it in these terms is not just semantics: it is a philosophical choice that we are making.
  See on üksnes semantika küsimus, mis võib endiselt kaasa tuua reaalseid vanglakaristusi. It is simply a question of semantics, which can still lead to actual prison sentences.
  Loodan, et parlament ja nõukogu saavad teha koostööd ja saavutada kokkuleppe, mis põhineb sisul, mitte semantikal. I hope that Parliament and the Council can work together and find an agreement that is based on the substance and not the semantics.
• tähendusõpetus

Definition of semantics

• A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
• The study of the relationship between words and their meanings
• The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage
• The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax

Examples

• Semantics is a foundation of lexicography
• The semantics of the terms used are debatable
• The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself
• file sharing and locking semantics

Related words

• semantic
• semantically
• polysemantic
• semanticist
• semantician
• phonosemantics
• phonosemantic
• semanticism
• asemanticity