Definition of Syntax

1. Noun. The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.

Exact synonyms: Phrase Structure, Sentence Structure
Generic synonyms: Structure
Category relationships: Linguistics
Derivative terms: Syntactic, Syntactical, Syntactician

2. Noun. A systematic orderly arrangement.
Generic synonyms: Scheme, System

3. Noun. Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences.
Category relationships: Linguistics
Generic synonyms: Grammar
Specialized synonyms: Generative Grammar
Derivative terms: Syntactic, Syntactical, Syntactician

Definition of Syntax

1. n. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

Definition of Syntax

1. Noun. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences. ¹

2. Noun. (context: computing countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language. ¹

3. Noun. (linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syntax

1. the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syntax

syntacticians
syntactics
syntagm
syntagma
syntagmas
syntagmata
syntagmatic
syntagmatically
syntagmeme
syntagmemes
syntagmemic
syntagmemically
syntagms
syntan
syntans
syntax (current term)
syntax checker
syntax error
syntax highlighting
syntax highlightings
syntax language
syntaxes
syntaxin
syntaxins
syntaxis
syntaxless
syntectic
syntectoid
syntectonic
syntelic

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