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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The grammatical arrangement of words in sentencesplay

    Synonyms:

    phrase structure; sentence structure; syntax

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):

    structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)

    Domain category:

    linguistics (the scientific study of language)

    Derivation:

    syntactic; syntactical (of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax)

    syntactician (a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentencesplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):

    grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

    Domain category:

    linguistics (the scientific study of language)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syntax"):

    generative grammar ((linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description)

    Derivation:

    syntactic; syntactical (of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax)

    syntactician (a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A systematic orderly arrangementplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("syntax" is a kind of...):

    scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)

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