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- [sin-taks]
- /ˈsɪn tæks/
- /ˈsɪn.tæks/
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- [sin-taks]
- /ˈsɪn tæks/
Definitions of syntax word
- noun syntax Linguistics. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax. a presentation of these: a syntax of English. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence. 1
- noun syntax Logic. that branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signs that occur in a system and the possible arrangements of those signs, complete abstraction being made of the meaning of the signs. the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specified language. 1
- noun syntax a system or orderly arrangement. 1
- noun syntax Computers. the grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language. 1
- noun syntax sentence structure, word order 1
- uncountable noun syntax Syntax is the ways that words can be put together, or are put together, in order to make sentences. 0
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Origin of syntax
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
1565-75; short for earlier syntaxis < Late Latin < Greek sýntaxis an arranging in order, equivalent to syntag- (see syntactic) + -sis -sis
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Parts of speech for Syntax
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syntax popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
syntax usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for syntax
noun syntax
- accidence — inflectional morphology; the part of grammar concerned with changes in the form of words by internal modification or by affixation, for the expression of tense, person, case, number, etc
- accidences — the rudiments or essentials of a subject.
- grammar — the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax.
- linguistics — the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
- morphology — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
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