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semantic network

semantic network noun: a graph whose vertices represent concepts and edges represent semantic relations, such as synonymy—having very similar meaning, hyponymy—being a subclass, or meronymy—being a part of a whole.

Noun

semantic network (plural semantic networks)

  1. A graph whose vertices represent concepts and edges represent semantic relations, such as synonymy—having very similar meaning, hyponymy—being a subclass, or meronymy—being a part of a whole.
    • The lists capture related concepts, lexico-grammar, and semantic networks (e.g. hyponyms, synonyms, antonyms).2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary...
    Synonyms:
    semantic net
  2. A quantitative research technique that analyzes the data in a control cell against a test cell to determine how viewing an ad strengthens the linkages between related ideas in a product category.
    • Our semantic network results showed that the phrase “good cooks use it” in our commercials was increasing sales because it made people think “fresh” and “taste” which are two of our key attributes.
  3. A quantitative research technique used to develop “selling pathways” to motivate sales.

Synonyms of semantic network

Forms of semantic network

pluralsemantic networks

Questions about semantic network

What does semantic network mean?
Semantic network means a graph whose vertices represent concepts and edges represent semantic relations, such as synonymy—having very similar meaning, hyponymy—being a subclass, or meronymy—being a part of a whole.
What part of speech is semantic network?
Semantic network is a noun.
What is the plural of semantic network?
The plural of semantic network is semantic networks.

Words near semantic network in the dictionary

  1. semantic loan
  2. semantic loans
  3. semantic memory
  4. semantic net
  5. semantic nets
  6. semantic network
  7. semantic networks
  8. semantic progression
  9. semantic progressions
  10. semantic satiation
  11. semantic shift

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