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.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM syntactic

syn·tac·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·syn·tac·tic, adjectivenon·syn·tac·ti·cal, adjectivenon·syn·tac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

un·syn·tac·tic, adjectiveun·syn·tac·ti·cal, adjectiveun·syn·tac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby syntactic

synovial membrane, synovitis, synroc, synsacrum, synsepalous, syntactic, syntactic construction, syntactics, syntagma, syntagmatic, syntality

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How to use syntactic in a sentence

There are minor syntactic errors throughout the study, presumably due to translation.
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But stress has done more than articulate or unify sequences that in their own right imply a syntactic relation.
Language|Edward Sapir
In the isolating languages the syntactic relations are expressed by the position of the words in the sentence.
Language|Edward Sapir
Hence the 16th century shows a syntactic licence and freedom which distinguishes it strikingly from that of later times.
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The purposes for which the processes are used are derivation, modification, and syntactic relation.
On the Evolution of Language|John Wesley Powell
Syntactic relation is the relation of the parts of speech to each other as integral parts of a sentence.
On the Evolution of Language|John Wesley Powell

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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