syntax

Syntax is an order of words and phrases to form proper sentences.

(noun)

An example of syntax is "I'm going to the movies" versus "to the movies I'm going."

See syntax in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Rare orderly or systematic arrangement
Gram., Linguis.
1. the arrangement of and relationships among words, phrases, and clauses forming sentences; sentence structure
2. the study of this
Comput.
1. the structure of statements in a computer language
2. the rules governing this structure
Logic syntactics as applied to language in the abstract

Origin: Fr syntaxe < LL syntaxis < Gr < syntassein, to join, put together < syn-, together + tassein, to arrange: see taxis

See syntax in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.
b. A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.
c. The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.
d. Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.
Computer Science The rules governing the formation of statements in a programming language.
A systematic, orderly arrangement.

Origin:

Origin: French syntaxe

Origin: , from Late Latin syntaxis

Origin: , from Greek suntaxis

Origin: , from suntassein, to put in order

Origin: : sun-, syn-

Origin: + tassein, tag-, to arrange

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