grammatical

adjective
gram·​mat·​i·​cal | \ grə-ˈma-ti-kəl How to pronounce grammatical (audio) \

Definition of grammatical

1 : of or relating to grammar
2 : conforming to the rules of grammar a grammatical sentence

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Other Words from grammatical

grammaticality \ grə-​ˌma-​tə-​ˈka-​lə-​tē How to pronounce grammaticality (audio) \ noun
grammatically \ grə-​ˈma-​ti-​k(ə-​)lē How to pronounce grammatically (audio) \ adverb
grammaticalness \ grə-​ˈma-​ti-​kəl-​nəs How to pronounce grammaticalness (audio) \ noun

Examples of grammatical in a Sentence

That sentence is not grammatical.

Recent Examples on the Web

The original resume was full of typos and grammatical errors, according to the SEC settlement. Renae Merle, Washington Post, "‘We must do it’: Deutsche Bank allegedly hired children of Russian, Chinese officials to win work," 26 Aug. 2019 Steven Pinker, a professor of linguistics, reckons a conservative estimate of the number of grammatical, 20-word sentences a human might produce is at least a hundred million trillion—far more than the number of grains of sand on Earth. The Economist, "A new book spells out the magic of language," 22 Aug. 2019 Spelling and grammatical suggestions will be made inline in draft emails. Chris Morris, Fortune, "Love It or Hate It, Autocorrect Is Coming to Gmail," 21 Aug. 2019 Instead, red lines appear under misspellings and blue lines will be under what Gmail perceives to be grammatical errors. Chris Welch, The Verge, "Gmail rolls out better, smarter spell check and grammar corrections for G Suite," 20 Aug. 2019 Boston is identified by our use of speech or grammatical utterances. BostonGlobe.com, "Letters to the editor of the Boston Globe Magazine," 18 Aug. 2019 The archbishop’s tweets aren’t always grammatical or free of misspellings — Spanish is his dominant language. Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, "Blunt Twitter talk from an archbishop and a congressman," 8 Aug. 2019 Interestingly, English used to have grammatical gender too, but this was basically lost in Chaucer’s time. Michelle Sheehan, Quartz, "Five reasons English speakers struggle to learn other languages," 3 July 2019 The postings by the fake Haftar were riddled with typos, misspellings, and grammatical errors. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Researchers crack open Facebook campaign that pushed malware for years," 2 July 2019

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First Known Use of grammatical

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for grammatical

see grammar

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More Definitions for grammatical

grammatical

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of grammatical

: of or relating to grammar
: following the rules of grammar

grammatical

adjective
gram·​mat·​i·​cal | \ grə-ˈma-ti-kəl How to pronounce grammatical (audio) \

Kids Definition of grammatical

: of, relating to, or following the rules of grammar

Other Words from grammatical

grammatically adverb

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