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
Synonyms:
- sentence structure
- phrase-structure
- grammatical rules
- arrangement
- order of words
- system
- structure
- pattern
- order
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Other Word Forms of Syntax
Noun
Singular:
syntax
Plural:
syntaxesOrigin 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”).
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