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word order

–noun
the way in which words are arranged in sequence in a sentence or smaller construction: In Latin, word order is freer than in English.

Origin:
1890–95
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word order  
n.  The syntactic arrangement of words in a sentence, clause, or phrase.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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