syntax

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: syn=tax

CIDE DICTIONARY

syntax, n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. , fr. to put together in order; sy`n with + to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and Tactics.].

•  Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.  [1913 Webster]

  "They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

syntax, n.
1 the grammatical arrangement of words, showing their connection and relation.
2 a set of rules for or an analysis of this.

Etymology

F syntaxe or LL syntaxis f. Gk suntaxis (as SYN-, taxis f. tasso arrange)

THESAURUS

syntax

IC analysis, allocation, allotment, apportionment, appositive, arrangement, array, arraying, attribute, attributive, collation, collocation, complement, constitution, construction modifier, cutting, deep structure, deployment, direct object, disposal, disposition, distribution, filler, form, form-function unit, formation, formulation, function, immediate constituent analysis, indirect object, levels, marshaling, modifier, object, order, ordering, phrase structure, placement, predicate, qualifier, ranks, regimentation, shallow structure, slot, slot and filler, strata, structure, structuring, subject, surface structure, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, tagmeme, underlying structure, word arrangement, word order

ROGET THESAURUS

syntax

Grammar

N grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation, parts of speech, jussive, syllabication, inflection, case, declension, conjugation, us et norma loquendi, Lindley Murray, correct style, philology.