- Rarely syntaxis .Linguistics.
- the study of the rules and patterns by which sentences and phrases are formed in a language.
- the rules or patterns so studied: Some people find English syntax hard to master.
- a presentation of these rules or patterns: His syntax of German is famous in the field.
- an instance of these rules or patterns: The syntax of that sentence is odd.
- the grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language.
- Logic.
- the branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signs that occur in a system and the possible arrangements of those signs, without reference to their meaning.
- the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specified language.
- a system or orderly arrangement.
- the branch of linguistics that deals with the grammatical arrangement of words and morphemes in the sentences of a language or of languages in general
- the totality of facts about the grammatical arrangement of words in a language
- a systematic statement of the rules governing the grammatical arrangement of words and morphemes in a language
- a systematic statement of the rules governing the properly formed formulas of a logical system
- any orderly arrangement or system
