semantics
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the branch of knowledge that studies the meanings of words and the ways they are used
In school, we learned about semantics and how the meaning of words can change over time.
在學校裡,我們學習了語義學以及詞義如何隨時間變化。
what words, phrases, or systems of signs mean
Understanding the semantics of a difficult text requires careful reading.
理解一篇難文本的語義需要仔細閱讀。