Hypertext Webster Gateway: "syntax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Syntax \Syn"tax\, n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put together
in order; sy`n with + ? to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See
{Syn-}, and {Tactics}.]
1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of
things jointed together; organism. [Obs.]
They owe no other dependence to the first than what
is common to the whole syntax of beings. --Glanvill.
2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of
sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in
their necessary relations, according to established usage
in any language.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
syntax
n 1: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences [syn: {sentence
structure}, {phrase structure}]
2: a systematic orderly arrangement
3: studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
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