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syntax
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun syntax has 3 senses
- syntax(n = noun.cognition) phrase structure, sentence structure - the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; Array is a kind of structure
- syntax(n = noun.group) Array - a systematic orderly arrangement; Array is a kind of scheme, system
- syntax(n = noun.cognition) Array - studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences; Array is a kind of grammar
Derived forms adjective syntactic1, adjective syntactical1, noun syntactician1
has particulars: generative grammar
Derived forms adjective syntactic1, adjective syntactical1, noun syntactician1
CIDE DICTIONARY
syntax, n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. , fr. to put together in order; sy`n with + to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.].
- Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. [1913 Webster]"They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
syntax, n.
1 the grammatical arrangement of words, showing their connection and relation.
2 a set of rules for or an analysis of this.
1 the grammatical arrangement of words, showing their connection and relation.
2 a set of rules for or an analysis of this.
Etymology
F syntaxe or LL syntaxis f. Gk suntaxis (as SYN-, taxis f. tasso arrange)
THESAURUS
syntax
IC analysis, allocation, allotment, apportionment, appositive, arrangement, array, arraying, attribute, attributive, collation, collocation, complement, constitution, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, deployment, direct object, disposal, disposition, distribution, filler, form, form-function unit, formation, formulation, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, levels, marshaling, modifier, object, order, ordering, phrase structure, placement, predicate, qualifier, ranks, regimentation, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, structuring, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, tagmeme, underlying structure, word arrangement, word orderROGET THESAURUS
syntax
Grammar
N grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation, parts of speech, jussive, syllabication, inflection, case, declension, conjugation, us et norma loquendi, Lindley Murray, correct style, philology.
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