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syntax

/ˈsɪntæks/

1 (linguistics) the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences in a language; the rules of grammar for this

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2 (computing) the rules that state how words and phrases must be used in a computer language

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Word Origin

late 16th cent.: from French syntaxe, or via late Latin from Greek suntaxis, from sun- ‘together’ + tassein ‘arrange’.