grammar

gram-mar · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The set of rules governing the structure and composition of sentences in a language.

  2. 2.

    A book describing the rules of a language.

  3. 3.

    The way in which a person uses grammatical rules.

Forms

plural: grammars

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    grammar school — a type of school (historically teaching Latin grammar; in the US, elementary school)
  • •
    bad grammar — incorrect use of grammatical rules
  • •
    grammar nazi — (informal, offensive) someone who aggressively corrects grammar

Related words

See also: language, syntax, vocabulary
Synonyms: structure, syntax

Etymology

From Old French gramaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatike (tekhne) ("art of letters"), from gramma ("letter"), from graphein ("to write").