semantics
noun/səˈmæntɪks/
Frequency rank: #8,708 most common English word
Meaning
the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning in language, or the meaning of words and phrases.
Example sentence
The lawyers argued over the semantics of the contract language for hours.
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