grammar
IPA: grˈæmɝ
noun
- A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
- A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
- (computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
- (computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language
- The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
- (Britain, archaic) A book describing these rules or principles; a textbook.
- (UK) A grammar school.
- (cellular automata) A set of component patterns, along with the rules for connecting them, which can be combined to form more complex patterns such as large still lifes, oscillators, and spaceships.
verb
- (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
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Examples of "grammar" in Sentences
- It is circuitous in its grammar.
- The grammar is basically the same.
- Also oppose the grammar in the caption.
- First, the grammar of the sentence was improper.
- The spelling and grammar in the manifesto are clear.
- The grammar and syntax in the article needs an overhaul.
- The core of the grammar lies at the clause level, not that of the sentence.
- Particularly what needs fixing is the syntax and the grammar of the article.
- They used their knowledge of Sanskrit grammar to systematize Arabic grammar.
- It is not the world's gold standard of rectitude in grammar, syntax, or style.
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