/
ˈsɪntaks/
n.
- the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.
▸a set of rules for or an analysis of this.
- the structure of statements in a computer language.
Derivative
- syntactic adj.
- syntactical adj.
- syntactically adv.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. syntaxe, or via late L. from Gk suntaxis, from sun- ‘together’ + tassein ‘arrange’.
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