syntactic.

Relating to the arrangement and structural relations of words or symbols.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• syntactic structure
• syntactic ambiguity

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Syntactic ambiguity allowed the final phrase to attach in two different ways.

The revision changed the syntactic structure without replacing the central vocabulary.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational or grammatical-status adjective; ordinary degree comparison only where the characteristic genuinely allows it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: language analysis, sense distinction, word formation analysis, precise reference. Disciplines: academic writing, linguistics, dictionary and usage analysis. Commonness: moderately common.