grammatical
ɡrəˈmætɪkəl
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Definition of grammatical - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

1.
standard usageconforming to standard usage
  • The sentence was not grammatical according to the textbook..
correct standard
2.
linguisticsTECH.relating to the rules of grammarTECH.
  • The grammatical structure of the sentence is complex.
correct linguistic syntactic
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Expressions with grammatical

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word order pattern that forms a complete clause or sentence
This construction puts the verb before the subject.
principle guiding sentence structure in a language
The teacher explained the grammatical rule for subject-verb agreement.
using words to connect ideas in text
Grammatical cohesion helps make the story easy to follow.
sense produced by grammar patterns, including a term’s role in a clause
In “She is singing,” the -ing ending adds grammatical meaning.
word or phrase indicating who performs the action
The grammatical subject of the sentence is 'The cat'.
shows how a word relates to others by changing its form
The word's grammatical case changes in different sentences.

Origin of grammatical

Greek, gramma (letter) + -ikos (related to)

Terms with grammatical included in their meaning

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linguistics
grammatical category expressing time distinctions
linguistics
grammatical form showing action happened before now
linguistics
grammatical tense showing actions happening now
linguistics
grammatical word indicating a noun's specificity
linguistics
grammatical inflection at the end of a word
grammatical voice
in grammar, describes a verb form where the subject is acted upon
linguistics
grammatical voice where the subject is acted upon
linguistics
word or phrase completing a grammatical construction

Examples of grammatical in a sentence

  • He corrected the grammatical errors in the report.
  • His grammatical errors were distracting.
  • The essay was full of grammatical mistakes.

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  1. French:grammatical, syntaxique, ...
  2. German:grammatisch, grammatikalisch, ...
  3. Italian:grammaticale, ...
  4. Spanish:gramatical, ...
  5. Portuguese:gramatical, ...
  6. Chinese:符合标准用法的, 语法的, ...
  7. Japanese:標準的な使用に準拠した, 文法的, ...
  8. Arabic:نَحْوِيّ, ...
  9. Hebrew:דִּקְדּוּקִי, תַּחְבִּירִי, ...
  10. Russian:грамматически правильный, грамматический, ...
  11. Ukrainian:граматичний, синтаксичний, ...
  12. Hindi:व्याकरणसम्मत, व्याकरणिक, ...

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