grammar

1. 1.

   the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

   Broaderdescriptive linguistics

   Narrowerdescriptive grammarprescriptive grammarsyntaxmorphology

   linguistics

Other forms of grammar

plural

grammars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about grammar

What does grammar mean?

grammar means "the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)".

How many syllables are in grammar?

grammar has 2 syllables: gram-mar. The stress falls on "gram". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹæmɚ/.

Is grammar a common word?

grammar is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with grammar?

1 word rhymes with grammar. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.