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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
Synonyms:
phrase structure; sentence structure; syntax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):
structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Derivation:
syntactic; syntactical (of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax)
syntactician (a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syntax"):
generative grammar ((linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description)
Derivation:
syntactic; syntactical (of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax)
syntactician (a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A systematic orderly arrangement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):
scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
