Syncategorematic — Syn*cat e*gor e*mat ic, a. [Gr. ?; sy n with + ? a predicate. See {Syn }, and {Categorematic}.] (Logic) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; said of words, as an adverb or preposition. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
syncategorematic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin syncategoremat , syncategorema syncategorematic term, from Greek synkatēgorēma, from synkatēgorein to predicate jointly, from syn + katēgorein to predicate more at category Date: 1827 forming a meaningful… … New Collegiate Dictionary
syncategorematic — Traditionally, a categorematic term is any term that stands alone, as a meaningful constituent of a proposition, while syncategorematic terms need others to make a meaningful unit. A more precise definition can be given for a formal language,… … Philosophy dictionary
syncategorematic — adjective of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms or is a syncategorematic term • Ant: ↑categorematic • Similar to: ↑synsemantic • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
syncategorematic — adjective Needing other terms in order to make a meaningful constituent of language See Also: categorematic … Wiktionary
syncategorematic — syn·categorematic … English syllables
syncategorematic — a. having meaning only in conjunction with another word … Dictionary of difficult words
syncategorem — noun a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes • Syn: ↑syncategoreme • Ant: ↑categoreme (for:… … Useful english dictionary
syncategoreme — noun a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes • Syn: ↑syncategorem • Ant: ↑categoreme, ↑categorem… … Useful english dictionary
syncategorematically — adverb see syncategorematic I * * * syncategorematˈically adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑syncategorematic … Useful english dictionary
