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syn·tag·ma | \ sin-ˈtag-mə 
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\ plural syntagmas or syntagmata\ sin-ˈtag-mə-tə \
\Definition of syntagma
: a syntactic element
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syntagmatic \ ˌsin-ˌtag-ˈma-tik \ adjective
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The first known use of syntagma was in 1937
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