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SYNTAGMATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does syntagmatic mean?
• SYNTAGMATIC (adjective)
The adjective SYNTAGMATIC has 1 sense:
1. related as members of a syntagma
Familiarity information: SYNTAGMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related as members of a syntagma
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
syntagmatic word associations
Antonym:
paradigmatic (related as members of a substitution class)
Pertainym:
syntagma (a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit)
Derivation:
syntagm; syntagma (a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit)
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