syntax
noun/ˈsɪntæks/
/ˈsɪntæks/
[uncountable]- (linguistics) the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences in a language; the rules of grammar for this compare morphologyTopics Languagec2
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- (computing) the rules that state how words and phrases must be used in a computer language
- The instructions were not carried out because of a syntax error.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French syntaxe, or via late Latin from Greek suntaxis, from sun- ‘together’ + tassein ‘arrange’.
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