syntax
nounThe study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.
nounA publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.
nounThe pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.
nounSuch a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.
nounThe rules governing the formation of statements in a programming language.
nounA systematic, orderly arrangement.
nounConnected system or order; union of things.
nounIn grammar, the construction of sentences; the due forming and arrangement of words or members of sentences in their mutual relations according to established usage.
nounConnected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.