English Explanatory Dictionary

syntax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
  2. The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
  3. The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪn.tæks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-syntax.wav

Word forms

syntax syntaxes syntaces syntices

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, “to arrange”). Doublet of syntaxis.

Synonyms

syntaxis

Related words

grammar morphology word order

Derived words

lexicosyntax macrosyntax metasyntax microsyntax morpho-syntax morphosyntax nanosyntax phonotax protosyntax spread syntax syntactic syntactician syntaxeme syntax error syntax highlighting syntaxist syntaxless zoosyntax
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