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Definition of universal grammar noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

universal grammar

noun

/ˌjuːnɪvɜːsl ˈɡræmə(r)/

/ˌjuːnɪvɜːrsl ˈɡræmər/

[uncountable, countable] (linguistics)

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the set of rules that is thought to be able to describe all languages

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