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metagrammar

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Etymology

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From meta- +‎ grammar.

Noun

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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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