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semantic shifts

semantic shifts is the plural of semantic shift.

Meaning of semantic shift

Noun

semantic shift (countable and uncountable, plural semantic shifts)

  1. A change in the meaning of a word over time.

Questions about semantic shifts

What is semantic shifts the plural of?
Semantic shifts is the plural of semantic shift.

Words near semantic shifts in the dictionary

  1. semantic networks
  2. semantic progression
  3. semantic progressions
  4. semantic satiation
  5. semantic shift
  6. semantic shifts
  7. semantic tableau
  8. semantic tableaus
  9. semantic tableaux
  10. semantic versioning
  11. semantic web

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semantic shifts (page history and authors); semantic shift (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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