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Syntactic

Verb / ˌsɪˈntæktɪk / Another word for syntactic — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

Syntactic is an adjective that refers to the arrangement and relationship of words in a sentence or the study of sentence structure.

Synonyms & similar words

syntactical grammatical linguistic structural grammatic language-related syntax-related word-order constructional phrasal morphological lexical semantic contextual stylistic rhetorical idiomatic pragmatic discourse semiotic communicative

Example sentences

  1. The syntactic rules of English dictate the order of words in a sentence.
  2. He studied the syntactic patterns of different languages.
  3. Understanding the syntactic structure can help in learning new languages.
  4. The teacher explained the syntactic rules using simple examples.
  5. The computer program analyzes the syntactic structure of sentences.

Quotes

  • Syntactic structures are best defined by their ability to withstand destruction by formative operations.
  • Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.
  • Syntactic structure is a reflection of semantic structure.

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