syntactic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   related to syntax or the rules governing how words and symbols are arranged

   The parser reported a syntactic error near the closing bracket.

2. 2
   adj

   involving structure or arrangement rather than meaning

   The two expressions differ syntactically but evaluate to the same result.

Common collocations

• syntactic category Adjective + noun

From New Latin syntacticus, from Greek syntaktikos, from syntassein (to arrange together), from syn- (together) + tassein (arrange).

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