Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving as a warning or signal of danger.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Significant; indicative, as of danger; serving as a sign or warning; ominous; monitory; repugnatorial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; -- applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Acting as a
sign ofdanger .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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[126] See MORELL’S Elements of Psychology, p. 183-184, in which the peculiar functions of what he calls the sematic power are exhibited with great clearness, and to which the writer has, in these few paragraphs on the understanding, been considerably indebted.
Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature to an All-Wise and Beneficent Creator. 1823-1886 1855
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Romans chapter 10 makes it clear that Paul was not anti-sematic – but he did want them to know Christ and have faith in Him for their justification before God.
So what if Apostle Paul was not a Christian? « Dating Jesus 2009
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RDFa, Drupal and a Practical Semantic Web at CMS Wire is a terrific piece in clear language that explains what a sematic web is and how RDFa fits into that concept.
Web Teacher › Useful LInks: Twitter apps, RDFa, WCAG 2.0 2009
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It is entirely possible to believe that Israel is being too heavy handed in its use of force and not be anti sematic.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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It is entirely possible to believe that Israel is being too heavy handed in its use of force and not be anti sematic.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Did she try to hide her leadership role in an anti-sematic group?
Saturday Open Thread 2009
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Lets ask McCain why was he on the board of an organization that was known for its racist anti-sematic views – the WACL?
Beat 360° 10/7/08 2008
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And with all due respect, Fritz, I don't see that as being a sematic difference, because it goes to the power of schools to punish students for conduct that takes place outside of school and at a time when the school didn't have authority over them.
"Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"... Ann Althouse 2007
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I admit to having sematic fatigue, especially when it comes to "facts vs. information vs. knowledge vs. wisdom" and other related terms.
Saving "knowing" from imminent execution Peter Isackson 2006
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You're right in calling off the hair-splitting and sematic discussion.
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