Semantics

Noun

 * 1)  A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
 * Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
 * 1) The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
 * 2) The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

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