grammar

Noun

The rules governing the structure and use of a language.
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
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 (sense 1 or sense 2) of a language.
A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
A formal system defining a formal language.
The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
A book describing these rules or principles; a textbook.
A grammar school.
A set of component patterns, along with the rules for connecting them, which can be combined to form more complex patterns such as large still lifes, oscillators, and spaceships.

Verb

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Examples

a grammar of geography
Even in Scrabble, understanding the grammar of word formation is key to high scores.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire (“classical learning”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *grammāria, an alteration of Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”). Displaced native Old English stæfcræft; a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grimoire. Piecewise doublet of grammatic.

Synonyms

glomery

Scrabble Score: 12

grammar: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grammar: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grammar: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

grammar: valid Words With Friends Word