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syn·tag·ma

(sĭn-tăg′mə) also syn·tagm (sĭn′tăm)

n. pl. syn·tag·mas or syn·tag·ma·ta (-tăg′mə-tə) also syn·tagms

1. A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.

2. A sequence of words in a particular syntactic relationship to one another; a construction.

[New Latin, from French syntagme, from Greek suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit, from suntassein, suntag-, to put in order; see syntax.]

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syntagma

(sɪnˈtæɡmə) or

syntagm

n, pl -tagmata (-ˈtæɡmətə) or -tagms

1. (Linguistics) a syntactic unit or a word or phrase forming a syntactic unit

2. a systematic collection of statements or propositions

[C17: from Late Latin, from Greek, from suntassein to put in order; see syntax]

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syn•tag•ma

(sɪnˈtæg mə)

also syn•tagm

(ˈsɪn tæm)

n., pl. -tag•mas, -tag•ma•ta (-ˈtæg mə tə) also -tagms.

a linguistic element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.

[1935–40; < French syntagme (1916) < Greek sýntagma something put together]

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syntagma - a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

syntagm

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

linguistic string, string of words, word string - a linear sequence of words as spoken or written

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