syntax, sentence structure, phrase structure
(noun) the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
syntax
(noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
syntax
(noun) a systematic orderly arrangement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
syntax (countable and uncountable, plural syntaxes)
A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
(computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.
The joke plural syntices occasionally occurs in blogs (by false analogy with matrix etc.)
• (grammar): syntaxis
Source: Wiktionary
Syn"tax, n. Etym: [L. syntaxis, Gr. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
