grammars
grammars is the plural of grammar.
grammars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grammar.
Meaning of grammar
Noun
grammar (countable and uncountable, plural grammars)
- A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
- The study of such a system.
- Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
- A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.
- A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- Because real lexicons are big and complex, from a software engineering perspective it is best to write simple grammars that have a simple, well-defined way, of pulling out the information they need from vast lexicons. That is, grammars should be thought of as separate entities which can access the...2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §8.2
- A formal system defining a formal language.
Phrases with grammars
- case grammars
- formal grammars
- natural grammars
- universal grammars
- categorial grammars
- dependence grammars
- dependency grammars
- generative grammars
- context-free grammars
- compositional grammars
- transformational grammars
- context-sensitive grammars
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Questions about grammars
- What is grammars the plural of?
- Grammars is the plural of grammar.
Words near grammars in the dictionary
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