synesis

syn·e·sis

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sin-uh-sis]
- /ˈsɪn ə sɪs/
- /saɪnˈiːsɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sin-uh-sis]
- /ˈsɪn ə sɪs/

Definitions of synesis word

noun synesis a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun. 1
noun synesis a grammatical construction in which the inflection or form of a word is conditioned by the meaning rather than the syntax, as for example the plural form have with the singular noun group in the sentence the group have already assembled 0
noun synesis a grammatical construction which conforms to the meaning rather than to strict syntactic agreement or reference (Ex.: Has everyone washed their hands?) 0

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Origin of synesis

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

1890-95; < New Latin < Greek sýnesis understanding, intelligence, equivalent to syn- syn- + (h)e- (stem of hiénai to throw, send) + -sis -sis

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Parts of speech for Synesis

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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synesis popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

synesis usage trend in Literature

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