grammatical

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled gramatical

US /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #53178

Meanings

1

adj
conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers

Spoke in grammatical sentences.
2

adj
Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.
3

adj
Of or pertaining to grammar.

The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.
4

adj
of or pertaining to grammar

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · conforming to the rules of... well-formed

2 adj · not breaching any... grammatic

3 adj · of or pertaining to grammar. grammatic

4 adj · of or pertaining to grammar grammatic

Word family

Forms grammatically

Derived forms antegrammaticalantigrammaticalcryptogrammaticalgrammaticalitygrammaticalizationgrammaticalizegrammaticallygrammaticalnesshistorical-grammaticalhistorico-grammaticalhypergrammaticallexicogrammatical

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Phrases (1)

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grammatical meaning
meaning conveyed by a word's form or its role in a sentence

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

Topics

Describing Qualities Language & Linguistics Word Formation & Derivatives

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# grammatical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
**Frequency rank:** 53178

## Meanings
1. conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
2. Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.
3. Of or pertaining to grammar.
4. of or pertaining to grammar

## Examples
- Spoke in grammatical sentences.
- Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.
- The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.

## Derived Forms
- antegrammatical
- antigrammatical
- cryptogrammatical
- grammaticality
- grammaticalization
- grammaticalize
- grammatically
- grammaticalness
- historical-grammatical
- historico-grammatical
- hypergrammatical
- lexicogrammatical

## Etymology
From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Language & Linguistics
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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