syntactics

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪnˈtæktɪks/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sin tak′tiks)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
syn•tac•tics  (sin tak′tiks),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.) [Ling.]
  1. Linguistics, Philosophy, Linguisticsthe branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols. Also called logical syntax. 
  • see syntactic, -ics 1820–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
syntactics /sɪnˈtæktɪks/ n
  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of semiotics that deals with the formal properties of symbol systems; proof theory
'syntactics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
semiotics - logical syntax

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