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/ˈɡɹæm.ɚ/
noun

A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.

  2. Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.

  3. A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.

  4. A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.

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Etymology

From Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire (“classical learning”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *grammāria, an alteration of Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”).

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GRAMMAR at a glance

GRAMMAR has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + M 3 + M 3 + A 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,325 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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  • PALMAR10
  • DAMAR8
  • FULMAR11
  • SIMAR7
  • CALAMAR11
  • SUMMAR10
  • CAUCHEMAR18
  • MONTELIMAR14
  • DAMMAR11
  • JACAMAR18
  • TAMMAR10
  • JUMAR14

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  • GRAMMAS12

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