n. pl. syn·tag·mas or syn·tag·ma·ta (-tăgmə-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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