"semantic shift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semantic shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} semantic shift (plural semantic shifts)
  1. (linguistics) A change in the meaning of a word over time. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: semantic drift, semantic change, semantic progression Translations (linguistics): betekenisverandering (Dutch), merkityksenmuutos (Finnish), glissement sémantique (French), Bedeutungswandel [masculine] (German), mutamento semantico-lessicale [masculine] (Italian), dryf semantyczny [masculine] (Polish), семанти́ческий сдвиг (semantíčeskij sdvig) [masculine] (Russian), cambio léxico-semántico [masculine] (Spanish)

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