Dictionary 1. (n.) Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.2. (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language. Thesaurus IC analysis allocation allotment apportionment appositive arrangement array arraying attribute attributive collation collocation complement constitution construction modifier cutting deep structure deployment direct object disposal disposition distribution filler form form-function unit formation formulation function immediate constituent analysis indirect object levels marshaling modifier object order ordering phrase structure placement predicate qualifier ranks regimentation shallow structure slot slot and filler strata structure structuring subject surface structure syntactic analysis syntactic structure syntactics tagmeme underlying structure word arrangement word order |