1. relating to meaning in language or logic
Usage: linguistics; philosophy
2. relating to the meanings of words and phrases

Examples

• The semantic difference between ‘big’ and ‘large’ is subtle.
• She studied semantic analysis in her linguistics course.
• The semantic web aims to make internet data more meaningful to computers.
• There was a semantic error in the translation that changed the meaning.
• The professor explained semantic relationships between related words.
• Semantic memory stores our knowledge of facts and concepts.
• The semantic field of color words varies across cultures.