syntax

Meanings

Plural: syntaces, syntaxes, syntices

Noun

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
a systematic orderly arrangement
studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

Origin / Etymology

Partly from Late Latin syntaxis and partly from its etymon, Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tássō, “I arrange”). Doublet of syntaxis.

Synonyms

phrase structure, sentence structure, syntaxis

Scrabble Score: 16

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