Happy Friday! The Word of the Day is:
-Semantics-
[pronounced se-man-tiks]
n.
1) The study of meaning.
2) The study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
3) The meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, or sentence.
4) The study of the relationship between signs and symbols and what they represent.
Synonyms
interpretation, connotation, exposition, explanation, definition
Word Origin
The word semantics first originated from the 1893 French word sémantique, which translates to "science of meaning in language."
