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syntax
- Main Entry:
- syn·tax

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈsin-ˌtaks\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange
- Date:
- 1574
1 a: the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) b: the part of grammar dealing with this2: a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements <the syntax of classical architecture>3: syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi
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