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syn·tax

syntax

pronunciation:
sIn taeks
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the study of the structure and formation of phrases and sentences.
definition 2: the word order or pattern of word order in a phrase or sentence.
The complex syntax used by Henry James makes reading his novels a challenge.
definition 3: in computer science, the rules governing the way machine language commands are interpreted.
definition 4: any systematic arrangement; order.