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A semantic class contains words that share a semantic property. Semantic classes may intersect. The intersection of female and young can be girl. A semantic property consists of the components of meaning of a word. ...

See also: Semantic feature, Categorization A Semantic feature is a notational method which can be used to express the existence or non-existence of semantic properties by using plus and minus signs. ... For Wikipedias categorization projects, see Wikipedia:Categorization. ...

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Semantics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
	Semantics is often opposed to syntax, in which case the former pertains to what something means while the latter pertains to the formal structure/patterns in which something is expressed (for example written or spoken).
	Semantics is distinguished from ontology (study of existence) in being about the use of a word more than the nature of the entity referenced by the word.
	Semantics is a subfield of linguistics that is traditionally defined as the study of meaning of (parts of) words, phrases, sentences, and texts.

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