semantic field

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Examples (semantic field)

"White coats", "tests", "emergency", "resuscitate", "nurse" and "on call" are all possible words in the semantic field of "hospital"

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semantic field (plural semantic fields)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies) A group of words which all relate to the same subject or concept, or to overlapping aspects thereof.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 497:
      Included in this semantic field category is the subcategory LEADER, referring to any person having a position of authority, such as ruler, sovereign, king, queen, minister, commissioner, chief, headman[.]

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