semantics

About 5.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   lexical semantics

2. noun The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. noun The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.

   In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.

4. noun The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

   The semantics of the terms used are debatable.

5. noun The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

   file sharing and locking semantics

6. noun Pettiness or triviality.

   Who cares? This is all just semantics!

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Often followed by

of and for is in to are as that

Word family

matter of semantics