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SYNSEMANTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does synsemantic mean?
• SYNSEMANTIC (adjective)
The adjective SYNSEMANTIC has 1 sense:
1. of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words
Familiarity information: SYNSEMANTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words
Similar:
syncategorematic (of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
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