syntax
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[edit] Etymology
Ancient Greek σύνταξις (suntaksis), from σύν (sun), “‘together’”) + τάξις (taksis), “‘arrangement’”), from τάσσω (tassō), “‘I arrange’”).
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syntax (plural syntaxes)
- A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
- (computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
- (linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.
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The joke plural syntices occasionally occurs in blogs (by false analogy with matrix etc.)
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set of rules that govern how words are combined
formal rules of a computer language
study of the structure of phrases and sentences
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[edit] Czech
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syntax f.
- syntax (linguistics)
[edit] Synonyms
- syntaxe f.
