'Syntax' definitions:
Definition of 'syntax'
(from WordNet)
noun
The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences [syn: syntax, sentence structure, phrase structure]
noun
A systematic orderly arrangement
noun
Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
Definition of 'Syntax'
From: GCIDE
- Syntax \Syn"tax\, n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put together in order; sy`n with + ? to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.]
- 1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'syntax'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allocation,
- allotment,
- apportionment,
- appositive,
- arrangement,
- array,
- arraying,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- collation,
- collocation,
- complement,
- constitution,
- construction modifier,
- cutting,
- deep structure,
- deployment,
- direct object,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- distribution,
- filler,
- form,
- form-function unit,
- formation,
- formulation,
- function,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- indirect object,
- levels,
- marshaling,
- modifier,
- object,
- order,
- ordering,
- phrase structure,
- placement,
- predicate,
- qualifier,
- ranks,
- regimentation,
- shallow structure,
- slot,
- slot and filler,
- strata,
- structure,
- structuring,
- subject,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- tagmeme,
- underlying structure,
- word arrangement,
- word order