grammar
grammar is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.
- 2.A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
- 3.treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. -- Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. Mass. Records (1647). (b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.
- 4.To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- accidence
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- art
- artillery
- auditorium
- bad
- barbarism
- betacism
- bilingual
- boarding
- book
- box
- break
- bull
- case
- cathedra
- chair
- chrestomathy
- class
- college
- collegiate
- commit
- comparative
- concordance
- confusion
- conjugate
- conjugation
- continuation
- convent
- correct
- creche
- current
- cyclopedia
- day
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is grammar.
- What is the art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay called?
- What is a treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing called?
- What is to discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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