gram|mar

gram|mar
gram|mar «GRAM uhr», noun.
1. the study of the forms and uses of words in sentences of a particular language: »

English grammar.

Abbr: gram.
2. the systematic study comparing the forms and constructions of two or more languages; comparative grammar.
3. the systematic study comparing present with past forms and usage of a language; historical grammar.
4. a treatise or book on grammar.
5. the system of sounds, forms, and structure employed in a language.
6. rules about the use of words in a language.
7. the use of words according to these rules: »

The foreign boy's English grammar was full of mistakes.

8. a) the elements of any subject: »

the grammar of painting.

b) a book presenting these in methodical form (formerly common in the titles of books).
╂[< Old French grammaire (Latin) learning, philology, learned borrowing from Latin grammatica < Greek grammatik (techn) (art) of letters < grámma; see etym. undgram1 (Cf. ↑gram)]

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