metasyntactic

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adjective

Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.

OriginEnglish syntactic ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) →
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Meanings

adjectivemetasyntactic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingUsed in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.

    Metasyntactic values, in the sense I'm using here, are descriptive of syntax, as for example the nonterminals of a Chomsky grammar.

    2001, John N. Shutt, What is Grammar?

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishsyntactic
  5. Englishmetasyntactic

From meta- + syntactic.

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metasyntactic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metasyntactic

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“metasyntactic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metasyntactic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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