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asyntactic
[
ey-sin-
tak
-tik
]
a·syn·tac·tic
/
ˌeɪ
sɪnˈtæk
tɪk
/
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[
ey-sin-
tak
-tik
]
Show IPA
adjective
Grammar
.
(of compounds)
consisting of morphemes that are combined differently from their mode of combination as separate words in a phrase, as
bookstore,
which
is an asyntactic compound, while the same elements are combined syntactically in
store for books.
Origin:
1875–80;
a-
6
+
syntactic
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Asyntactic
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circumflex
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an exclamation point.
a dash one em long.
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.
a circumflex mark or accent.
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