syntactic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to syntax.
syntactic errors in English;
the syntactic rules for computer source code.
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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.
adjective
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Also: synˈtactical. relating to or determined by syntax
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logic linguistics describable wholly with respect to the grammatical structure of an expression or the rules of well-formedness of a formal system
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Etymology
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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Syntactic convertibility.—The combination to err, is at this moment an infinitive verb.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Syntactic relation must not be confounded with the relation expressed by prepositions.
From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley
Syntactic relation is the relation of the parts of speech to each other as integral parts of a sentence.
From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley
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