metagrammar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ grammar

Noun[edit]

metagrammar (countable and uncountable, plural metagrammars)

  1. (countable) A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars.
    SGML is the metagrammar in which HTML is defined.
  2. (uncountable) The study of systems of grammar.
    Synonym: grammatics

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