semantic

Example Sentences

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In the semantic task, they recalled brand details based on prior knowledge.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

This is much more than a semantic debate between ETFs about what quality means.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

They can be short-term or long-term, semantic or episodic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Meanwhile, characters keep hammering Hank about whether he’s a real killer; the actual definition becomes semantic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

And they distinguish both of these from semantic categories and roles like action, physical object, possessor, doer, and done-to, which refer to what the referents of the words are doing in the world.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker