syntagma

syn·tag·ma  (sn-tgm) also syn·tagm (sntm)

n. pl. syn·tag·mas or syn·tag·ma·ta (-tgm-t) 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.

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[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 [sɪnˈtægmə], syntagm [ˈsɪnˌtæm]

n pl -tagmata [-ˈtægmətə], -tagms

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

2. a systematic collection of statements or propositions

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

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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