semantic meaning
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsemanticandmeaning
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semantic
adjective
uk/sɪˈmæn.tɪk/us/səˈmæn.t̬ɪk/
connected with the meanings ...
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meaning
noun
uk/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofsemanticandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsemantic meaning
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As a result, the linearity andsemanticmeaningof the verses dissolve.
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Another essential aspect of this microscopy of sound and noise is the dissolving of each particular sound'ssemanticmeaning.
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Component classes provide an ontology to describe thesemanticmeaningof the graphics within a context.
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This difficulty in graspingsemanticmeaningfrom keywords may result in poor performance.
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In the following example, the % child wanted to express thesemanticmeaningof negative volition.
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Thesemanticmeaningof these markers is also relevant in their discourse function.
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The intermediate states in the computational process have an obvioussemanticmeaningand create a context for the subsequent analysis.
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After all, a single-minded preoccupation with pragmatic use is as one-sided and limited as an exclusive preoccupation withsemanticmeaning.
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It is simply a consequence of the fact that the sharing in our graph representation is syntactic, and has nosemanticmeaning.
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Most substitute terms have independentsemanticmeaning, and substitutions usually have a figurative basis.
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In dialogue, speakers convey to each other first and foremost their communicative intentions - not thesemanticmeaningof their words or the unconscious causes that underlie such intentions.
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Unlike the traditional analysis of these elements, which relies on their originalsemanticmeaning, my approach focuses on the function of these elements when they appear in discourse.
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The latter can be described as variation in linguistic form, in the same linguistic environment, that does not express a difference insemanticmeaningor morphosyntactic function.
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Exclude children's repeated utterances because repeated utterances would carry the samesemanticmeaningas the previous utterance.
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In both these cases, the speaker's meaning and thesemanticmeaningseem to be different.
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I think that sound, no less than the image, should produce not only emotional impact, but is to have an altogether independentsemanticmeaning.
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Contemporary linguists argue that classification based on a mixture of morphosyntactic function andsemanticmeaningis insufficient for systematic analysis of grammar.
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He found that lists that allowed associations to be made andsemanticmeaningwas apparent were easier to recall.
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In this way, an interpretation providessemanticmeaningto the terms and formulas of the language.
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False writing can not be deciphered because it has nosemanticmeaning.
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