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Definitions for Grammar

[1] the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed; morphology and syntax.
[2] these features or constructions themselves: English grammar.
[3] an account of these features; a set of rules accounting for these constructions: a grammar of English.
[4] Generative Grammar . a device, as a body of rules, whose output is all of the sentences that are permissible in a given language, while excluding all those that are not permissible.
[5] prescriptive grammar.
[6] knowledge or usage of the preferred or prescribed forms in speaking or writing: She said his grammar was terrible.
[7] the elements of any science, art, or subject.
[8] a book treating such elements.
[9] the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology, sometimes also phonology and semantics
[10] the abstract system of rules in terms of which a person's mastery of his native language can be explained
[11] a systematic description of the grammatical facts of a language
[12] a book containing an account of the grammatical facts of a language or recommendations as to rules for the proper use of a language
[13] the use of language with regard to its correctness or social propriety, esp in syntax the teacher told him to watch his grammar (as modifier ) a grammar book
[14] the elementary principles of a science or art the grammar of drawing

Words related to Grammar

alphabet, syntax, stratification, structure, linguistics, elements, principles, accidence, morphology, tagmemics

Words nearby Grammar

graminicolous, graminivorous, graminology, grammage, grammalogue, grammar, grammar school, grammar-translation method, grammarian, grammatical, grammatical gender

Origin of Grammar

1325–75; Middle English gramery < Old French gramaire < Latin gramatica < Greek grammatikḕ (téchnē ) grammatical (art); see -ar2

Words that may be confused with Grammar

grammar, grandma, grandmother

Other words from Grammar

gram·mar·less , adjective

Word origin for Grammar

C14: from Old French gramaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē ) the grammatical (art), from grammatikos concerning letters, from gramma letter

Synonyms for Grammar

alphabet, syntax, ABCs, accidence, elements, fundaments, linguistics, morphology, principles, rudiments, stratification, structure, sentence structure, tagmemics