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grammatic

grammatic

7.6
About grammar and the rules of a language
  • adjective
  • /ɡrəˈmætɪk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : gramatical
  • Understanding grammatic structures is essential for mastering any language.

Examples

  • The teacher explained the grammatic rules of the English language to the students.

  • For the Grammatic Completion subtest, the student is provided sentences missing the last word and must supply the missing word.

    Academic text (2014)

  • I think it has something to do with the grammatic structure, though.

    Fishtales (2007)

  • Networks may be dishistorical, but they have a schematic shape, and in digital terms they embody a binary structure, and so might be considered di(a)grammatic.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The Grammatic Completion and Sentence Imitation subtests of the TOLD (Newcomer & Hammill, 1997) were administered as measures of oral language in the fall of kindergarten.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Many languages have unique grammatic conventions that influence sentence formation.

Synonyms

grammatical
vsgrammatic
18 3.0

Following the rules for making correct sentences

is an alternative variant with identical meaning
syntactical
vsgrammatic
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Relating to the rules that tell how words make sentences in a language

is broader, covering grammar rules beyond sentence structure
constructional
vsgrammatic
  • Specialized
7.5

About sentence patterns and how words are put together

is about rules of language structure and correct usage

Antonyms

ungrammatical
2 6.3

Not following the rules of a language

Surface Forms

grammatic positive

Morphology

grammatic = grammar (transparent) = grammar + ic

The adjective is a regular suffixation of '-ic' to the recognizable base 'grammar', yielding 'relating to grammar'.

Etymology

Grammatic comes from the Greek word gramma, which means 'letter' or 'something written' and is the same root in grammar and telegram. So, grammatic refers to the rules or structure of language—the way letters and words are put together.