syntax
n.
study of sentence structure (Grammar); rules governing the arrangement of instructions in a programming language (Computers); orderly arrangement
SYNTAX
Syntax
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Syntactic” redirects here. For another meaning of the adjective, see
Syntaxis In
linguistics, syntax (from
Ancient Greek συν- syn-, “together”, and τάξις táxis, “arrangement”) is the study of the rules that govern the structure of sentences, and which determine their relative grammaticality. The term syntax can also be used to refer to these rules themselves, as in “the syntax of a language”. Modern research in syntax attempts to describe languages in terms of such rules, and, for many practitioners, to find
general rules that apply to all languages. Since the field of syntax attempts to explain grammaticality judgments, and not provide them, it is unconcerned with
linguistic prescription.
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syntax
Noun
1. the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
(synonym) sentence structure, phrase structure
(hypernym) structure
2. a systematic orderly arrangement
(hypernym) system, scheme
3. studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
(hypernym) grammar
Syntax (die)
n.
syntax, study of the rules of grammar
Syntax
(n.)
That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.
(n.)
Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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