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syntactic

syn·tac·tic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sin-tak-tik]
    • /sɪnˈtæk tɪk/
    • /ˈsɪn.tæks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sin-tak-tik]
    • /sɪnˈtæk tɪk/

Definitions of syntactic word

  • adjective syntactic of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code. 1
  • adjective syntactic consisting of or noting morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words in a corresponding construction: The word blackberry, which consists of an adjective followed by a noun, is a syntactic compound. 1
  • adjective syntactic relating to sentence construction 1
  • adjective syntactic Syntactic means relating to syntax. 0
  • adjective syntactic relating to or determined by syntax 0
  • adjective syntactic describable wholly with respect to the grammatical structure of an expression or the rules of well-formedness of a formal system 0
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Origin of syntactic

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < New Latin syntacticus < Greek syntaktikós, equivalent to syntakt(ós) ordered, arranged together, verbid of syntássein to arrange together (syn- syn- + tag-, base of tássein to arrange + -tos adj. suffix) + -ikos -ic; see tactic

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Parts of speech for Syntactic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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syntactic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for syntactic

adj syntactic

  • grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
  • morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
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    parser

  • autonomous syntax

    an approach of generative grammar in which the syntactic component of a grammar is viewed as existing or operating independently of the semantic component and abstract syntactic representation is not equivalent to semantic representation.

  • mood

    Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy. a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might. any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.

  • morphosyntax

    the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.

  • american sign language

    a language consisting of manual signs and gestures, used as by deaf people in North America

  • analytic

    Analytic means the same as analytical.
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