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  • 1Syntactic — Syn*tac tic, Syntactical Syn*tac tic*al, a. [Cf. G. ? putting together. See {Syntax}.] Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction. {Syn*tac tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2syntactic — 1807, from Mod.L. syntacticus, from Gk. syntaktikos, from syntassein (see SYNTAX (Cf. syntax)) …

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  • 3syntactic — [sin tak′tik] adj. [< ModL syntacticus < Gr syntaktikos < syntaxis: see SYNTAX] of or in accordance with the rules of syntax: also syntactical syntactically adv …

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  • 4syntactic — [[t]sɪntæ̱ktɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Syntactic means relating to syntax. [TECHNICAL] ...three common syntactic devices in English …

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  • 5syntactic — syntactically, adv. /sin tak tik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to syntax. 2. consisting of or noting morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words in a corresponding construction: The word blackberry,… …

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  • 6syntactic — adjective /sɪnˈtæktɪk/ Of, related to or connected with syntax. The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake. Syn: syntactical See Also: syntax …

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  • 7syntactic — adj. Syntactic is used with these nouns: ↑construction, ↑structure …

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  • 8syntactic — syn|tac|tic [sınˈtæktık] adj technical relating to syntax ▪ syntactic structure >syntactically [ kli] adv …

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  • 9syntactic — adjective technical related to syntax: The two sentences have the same syntactic structure. syntactically / kli/ adverb …

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  • 10syntactic — syntax ► NOUN 1) the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences. 2) a set of rules for or an analysis of this. 3) the structure of statements in a computer language. DERIVATIVES syntactic adjective syntactical adjective… …

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