"metagrammar" meaning in All languages combined

See metagrammar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metagrammars [plural]
Etymology: From meta- + grammar. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|grammar}} meta- + grammar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} metagrammar (countable and uncountable, plural metagrammars)
  1. (countable) A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-metagrammar-en-noun-afyr8xdR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (uncountable) The study of systems of grammar. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: grammatics
    Sense id: en-metagrammar-en-noun-J5QHuGHK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: metagrammatical, metagrammatically, metalanguage, metasyntax

Inflected forms

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