Syntax Definition

sĭntăks
noun
The arrangement of and relationships among words, phrases, and clauses forming sentences; sentence structure.
Webster's New World
A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.
American Heritage
The study of this.
Webster's New World
Orderly or systematic arrangement.
Webster's New World
The structure of statements in a computer language.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
syntax
Plural:
syntaxes

Origin of Syntax

  • French syntaxe from Late Latin syntaxis from Greek suntaxis from suntassein to put in order sun- syn- tassein tag- to arrange

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek σύνταξις (suntaksis), from σύν (sun, “together”) + τάξις (taksis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tassō, “I arrange”).

    From Wiktionary

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