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SYNTAGMA (syntagmata)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syntagma mean? 

SYNTAGMA (noun)
  The noun SYNTAGMA has 1 sense:

1. a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unitplay

  Familiarity information: SYNTAGMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SYNTAGMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

syntagm; syntagma

Hypernyms ("syntagma" is a kind of...):

linguistic string; string of words; word string (a linear sequence of words as spoken or written)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syntagma"):

constituent; grammatical constituent ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)

Derivation:

syntagmatic (related as members of a syntagma)


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