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word order

word order noun: the ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.

Noun

word order (countable and uncountable, plural word orders)

  1. The ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.
    • Holonyms: syntax < morphosyntax < grammar

word order meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

word order in Hindi

order of syntactic constituents
शब्दानुक्रम śabdānukram

word order in Tamil

சொல் வைமுறை

word order in Urdu

الفاظی ترتیب

word order in Arabic

order of syntactic constituents
نَظَام كَلَم naẓām kalam
More languagesFewer languages
word order in Malay
urutan kata
word order in Indonesian
urutan kata

Forms of word order

pluralword orders

Questions about word order

What does word order mean?
Word order means the ordering of the syntactic constituents of a language.
What is word order in Hindi?
Word order in Hindi is शब्दानुक्रम (śabdānukram). See Word order meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is word order?
Word order is a noun.
What is the plural of word order?
The plural of word order is word orders.

Words near word order in the dictionary

  1. word of life
  2. word of mouth
  3. Word of Wisdom
  4. word on the street
  5. word on the wire
  6. word order
  7. word orders
  8. word painter
  9. word painters
  10. word painting
  11. word paintings

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