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syntactic

[ sin-tak-tik ]
/ sɪnˈtæk tɪk /
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adjective

of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
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.

Words related to syntactic

linguistic, semantic, acceptable, allowable, correct, morphological, phonological

Words nearby syntactic

synovium, synpolydactyly, synroc, synsacrum, synsepalous, syntactic, syntactic construction, syntactics, syntagma, syntagmatic, syntality
Also syn·tac·ti·cal.

Origin of syntactic

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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British Dictionary definitions for syntactic

syntactic
/ (sɪnˈtæktɪk) /

adjective

Also: synˈtactical relating to or determined by syntax
logic linguistics describable wholly with respect to the grammatical structure of an expression or the rules of well-formedness of a formal system

Derived forms of syntactic

syntactically, adverb
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