See Also: grammatical(dictionary)
grammatical(dictionary)
Grammatical Rules When Using Marks(law)

grammatical (iou)



grammatical adjective & noun. E16.
[French, or late Latin grammaticalis, formed as GRAMMATIC: see -AL1, -ICAL.]
A. adjective.
Of, relating to, or based on grammar. E16.
b. Logic. Relating to the mere arrangement of words in a proposition, as opp. to its logical structure. L19.
Conforming to the rules of grammar or (transf.) of an art or science. M18.
Of a language: relying more on diversity of inflections than on richness of vocabulary. M20.
Special collocations: grammatical change Philology (in Germanic languages) the system of contrasting consonants found in the strong verb, exemplifying Verner's Law. grammatical gender: determined by the form of a word, not by the real or attributed sex. grammatical meaning the meaning of a word or inflection as judged by its function in a sentence; opp. lexical meaning.
B. noun. In pl. The subjects taught in a grammar-school. L17-E19.
grammati'cality noun (Linguistics) conformity with grammatical rules M20.
grammatically adverb LME.
grammaticalness noun M17.