The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
The rudiments of any subject.
A book containing the first principles of grammar; (by extension) a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art.
A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.