SYNTAX


Meaning of SYNTAX in English

/ ˈsɪntæks; NAmE / noun [ U ]

1.

( linguistics ) the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences in a language; the rules of grammar for this

—compare morphology

2.

( computing ) the rules that state how words and phrases must be used in a computer language

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French syntaxe , or via late Latin from Greek suntaxis , from sun- together + tassein arrange.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.