ˈsin.ˌtaks noun
( -es )
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French syntaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from the stem of syntassein to put in order, arrange + -sis — more at syntactic
1. : connected system or order : orderly arrangement : harmonious adjustment of parts or elements
2.
a. : sentence structure : the arrangement of word forms to show their mutual relations in the sentence
b. : the part of grammar that treats of the expression of predicative, qualifying, and other word relations according to established usage in the language under study — compare morphology
3.
a. : syntactics
b. : the area of syntactics dealing specifically with the formal properties of languages or calculi — called also logical syntax