English-Thai Dictionary

grammar

N ไวยากรณ์  หลัก ไวยากรณ์  หนังสือ ไวยากรณ์  structure linguistic science wai-ya-kon

 

grammar school

N โรงเรียนประถม ศึกษา (ใน สหรัฐอเมริกา  โรงเรียนมัธยม ศึกษา (ใน อังกฤษ  school rong-rian-pra-tom-suek-sa

 

grammarian

N นัก ไวยากรณ์  ผู้ กำหนด หลัก ไวยากรณ์  linguist grammatist nak-wai-ya-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRAMMAR

n.[L. grammatica; Gr. a letter, to write. ] 1. In practice, the art of speaking or writing a language with propriety or correctness, according to established usage.
As a science, grammar treats of the natural connection between ideas and words, and develops the principles which are common to all languages.
2. A system of general principles and of particular rules for speaking or writing a language; or digested compilation of customary forms of speech in a nation; also, a book containing such principles and rules.
3. Propriety of speech. To write grammar, we must write according to the practice of good writers and speakers.

 

GRAMMAR

v.i.To discourse according to the rules of grammar.

 

GRAMMAR

a.Belonging to or contained in grammar; as a grammar rule.

 

GRAMMAR-SCHOOL

n.A school in which the learned languages are taught. By learned languages, we usually mean the Latin and Greek; but others may be included.

 

GRAMMARIAN

n.One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist. 1. One who teaches grammar.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRAMMAR

Gram "mar, n. Etym: [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye. ]

 

1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

 

Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. Bain.

 

2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

 

3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

 

4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. -- Grammar school. (a ) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. Mass. Records (1647 ).(b ) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.

 

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR Gram "mar, v. i.

 

Defn: To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.

 

GRAMMARIAN

Gram *ma "ri *an, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grammairien. ]

 

1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

 

Note: "The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever. " Brande & C.

 

2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.

 

GRAMMARIANISM

GRAMMARIANISM Gram *ma "ri *an *ism, n.

 

Defn: The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

 

GRAMMARLESS

GRAMMARLESS Gram "mar *less, a.

 

Defn: Without grammar.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grammar

gram mar |ˈgramər ˈɡræmər | ▶noun the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections ) and sometimes also phonology and semantics. • [ usu. with modifier ] a particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language. • a book on grammar: my old Latin grammar. • a set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language: it was not bad grammar, just dialect. • the basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill: the grammar of wine. • Computing a set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē )‘(art ) of letters, ’ from gramma, grammat- ‘letter of the alphabet, thing written. ’

 

grammarian

gram mar i an |grəˈme (ə )rēən ɡrəˈmɛriən | ▶noun a person who studies and writes about grammar. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gramarien, from gramaire (see grammar ).

 

grammar school

gram mar school |ˈɡræmər ˌskul | ▶noun 1 another term for elementary school. 2 (in the UK ) a state secondary school to which pupils are admitted on the basis of ability. Since 1965 most have been absorbed into the comprehensive school system. • a school founded in or before the 16th century for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects.

 

Oxford Dictionary

grammar

gram |mar |ˈgramə | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections ) and sometimes also phonology and semantics. • [ usu. with modifier ] a particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language: Chomskyan grammar. • [ count noun ] a book on grammar: my old Latin grammar. • a set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language: it was not bad grammar, just dialect. • the basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill: the grammar of wine. • Computing a set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text. 2 Brit. informal a grammar school. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē ) ‘(art ) of letters ’, from gramma, grammat- ‘letter of the alphabet, thing written ’.

 

grammarian

grammarian |grəˈmɛːrɪən | ▶noun a person who studies and writes about grammar. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gramarien, from gramaire (see grammar ).

 

grammar school

gram |mar school ▶noun 1 (in the UK ) a state secondary school to which pupils are admitted on the basis of ability. Since 1965 most have been absorbed into the comprehensive school system. • historical a school founded in or before the 16th century for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects. 2 US another term for elementary school.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grammar

grammar noun the editors of this newspaper need a refresher course in grammar: syntax, sentence structure, rules of language, morphology; linguistics.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grammar

grammar noun syntax, rules of language, morphology, semantics; linguistics, phonology; technical langue.

 

Duden Dictionary

Grammar School

Gram mar School Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈgræmə ˈskuːl |die Grammar School; Genitiv: der Grammar School, Grammar Schools englisch in Großbritannien und Nordirland Bezeichnung für (den deutschen Gymnasien entsprechende ) Schulen, die das Hochschulstudium vorbereiten

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grammar

gram mar /ɡrǽmə r /〖語源は 「読み書きの技術 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U (特定言語の )文法 (体系 ); 文法学 [研究 ]▸ English grammar 英文法 2 U (個人の書く文章の )文法, 語法 , 言葉遣い ▸ My mother always corrected my grammar .母はいつも私の言葉遣いの誤りを直した ▸ a grammar rodeo ｟米 ｠(小学校などの )文法競争大会 (→spelling bee )3 C 文法書 (grammar book ).4 C (学問 技術 芸術などの )入門 [手ほどき ]書 ;U 初歩, 基本 (原理 ).～́ sch ò ol 1 ｟英 ｠古典文法学校 〘ギリシャ ラテン語 (の文法 )を主に指導した16世紀ごろの学校 〙.2 ｟英 ｠グラマースクール 〘大学進学者用に設立された公立中学校 〙.3 ｟米 やや古 ｠小学校 ; 初等中学校 〘8年制小学校の高学年課程 〙.

 

grammarian

gram mar i an /ɡrəmé ə riən /名詞 C 文法学者 .