Semantics – The study and analysis of how language is used to produce meaning

To remember the definition of the word semantics, use the following mnemonic:

See how this man ticks (semantics). He gets excited about how words are used. He loves studying it.

Examples of semantics in a sentence

Through working out the semantics of the speech, he avoided sounding sarcastic.

They used semantics to understand the meaning of the historic poems.

He was a specialist in semantics, obsessed with how words were used.