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1. (n.) grammar
the study of the way the sentences of a language are constructed, esp. the study of morphology and syntax.
2. grammar
these features or constructions themselves:
English grammar.
3. grammar
an account of these features; a set of rules accounting for these constructions:
a grammar of English.
4. grammar
(in generative grammar) a device, as a set of rules, whose output is all the sentences that are permissible in a given language, while excluding those that are not permissible.
5. grammar
the exposition or establishment of rules based on norms of correct and incorrect language usage; prescriptive grammar.
6. grammar
knowledge or usage of the preferred or prescribed forms in speaking or writing:
His grammar was terrible.
7. grammar
the elements of any science, art, or subject.
8. grammar
a book treating such elements.
Etymology: (1325–75; < OF gramaire < L grammatica < Gk grammatik&emacrgrave; (téchnē) grammatical (art))
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| Definition of 'grammar' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) grammar
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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1. (noun) grammar
the rules of a language
grammar and vocabulary exercises
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| Definition of 'grammar' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) grammar
the science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing
2. (noun) grammar
the art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar
3. (noun) grammar
a treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing
4. (noun) grammar
treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography
5. (verb) grammar
to discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar
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| Definitions of 'grammar' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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grammar
The grave of letters.
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Sense: the rules for forming words and for combining words to form sentences
He's an expert on French grammar.
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 Afrikaans: grammatika, spraakleer |
 Arabic: قَواعِد اللغَه |
 Bulgarian: граматика |
 Brazilian: gramática |
 Czech: gramatika |
 German: die Grammatik |
 Danish: grammatik |
 Greek: γραμματική |
 Spanish: gramática |
 Estonian: grammatika |
 Farsi: دستور زبان |
 Finnish: kielioppi |
 French: grammaire |
 Hebrew: דּקדוּק |
 Hindi: व्याकरण |
 Croatian: gramatika |
 Hungarian: nyelvtan |
 Indonesian: tata bahasa |
 Icelandic: málfræði |
 Italian: grammatica |
 Japanese: 文法 |
 Korean: 문법 |
 Lithuanian: gramatika |
 Latvian: gramatika |
 Malay: tatabahasa |
 Dutch: grammatica |
 Norwegian: grammatikk |
 Polish: gramatyka |
 Persian: دستور زبان |
 Pashto: ګرام، صرف اونحو |
 Portuguese: gramática |
 Romanian: gramatică |
 Russian: грамматика |
 Slovak: gramatika |
 Slovenian: slovnica |
 Serbian: gramatika |
 Swedish: grammatik |
 Thai: ไวยากรณ์ |
 Turkish: dilbilgisi, gramer |
 Taiwanese: 語法 |
 Ukrainian: граматика |
 Urdu: قواعد زبان |
 Vietnamese: ngữ pháp |
 Chinese: 语法 |
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