syntax

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.tæks/

The English word “syntax” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

Etymology

Partly from Late Latin syntaxis and partly from its etymon, Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to arrange”). Doublet of syntaxis.

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