- grammar
- /ˈgræmə / (say 'gramuh)
noun
1. the features of a language (sounds, words, formation and arrangement of words, etc.) considered systematically as a whole, especially with reference to their mutual contrasts and relations: English grammar.
2. an account of the preceding.
3. a similar account comparing two or more languages, or different stages of the same language.
4. → syntax (def. 1).
5. speech or writing in accordance with standard usage: he knows his grammar.
6. the elements of any science, art, or subject.
7. a book treating them.
{Middle English grammer, from Old French grammaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikē grammar, properly feminine of grammatikos relating to letters or literature}
–grammarless, adjective
Australian English dictionary. 2014.
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