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Definition of syntactic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

syntactic

adjective
 
/sɪnˈtæktɪk/
 
/sɪnˈtæktɪk/
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  1. connected with syntax
    • syntactic rules/structures
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySyntactic is used with these nouns:
    • construction
    • structure
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek suntaktikos, from suntassein ‘arrange together’, from sun- ‘together’ + tassein ‘arrange’.
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