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deixis

Words such as here, now and I whose meaning depends on context.

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Semantics 76% connected

The study of meaning in language.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deictic 74% connected

Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deictic 74% connected

Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…

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allophone noun · 78% connection

One of the different sounds used to pronounce the same basic speech sound.

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Antonym noun · 78% connection

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to hi…

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Be verb · 78% connection

To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…

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Circumstance noun · 78% connection

the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

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Concordance noun · 78% connection

An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate conte…

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Conditions noun · 78% connection

the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process; "there were wide variations in the conditions of o…

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Contex verb · 78% connection

To context.

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Context noun · 78% connection

the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

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Contextualise verb · 78% connection

To explain the wider setting that helps a reader interpret something.

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Contextualism noun · 78% connection

any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms

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Disambiguator noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by exami…

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Discourse noun · 78% connection

Connected language as it is used in a conversation, text or social setting.

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Distort verb · 78% connection

To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

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Equivalent word noun · 78% connection

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

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Ex- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it sig…

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Expound verb · 78% connection

To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a mean…

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Folio noun · 78% connection

A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and…

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