syndetic
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
Definition of syndetic
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
“Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.”
“Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
“Guns and butter is a syndetic phrase.”
“Asymmetry in pronominal sequencing is a recurrent feature of syndetic coordination, though with considerable variation in relation to literary genre.”
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(not-comparable)Synonym of connective, serving to connect.
“With the syndetic juxtaposition of distinct members, the article is not often repeated.”
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(not-comparable)Synonym of crossreferenced.
“Syndetic, applied to an alphabetical subject catalogue or dictionary catalogue which includes cross-references as connecting links between subjects.”
“The dictionary includes syndetic references.”
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(not-comparable)Having bounded gaps between its terms.
“The gap between successive members of a syndetic set may vary but is always less than some specific value: i.e., there is an integer n such that {x,x+1,x+2,⋯,x+n}∩S≠∅ for any x∈N.”
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Etymology
From Latin syndeticus, from Ancient Greek συνδετικός (sundetikós), from σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding”) + -κός (-kós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”).
Words you can make from syndetic
189 playable · top: CYSTEIN (12 pts)
Best play cystein 12 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
47 words- DICEY 11 pts
- DICTY 11 pts
- YINCE 10 pts
- DEITY 9 pts
- DITSY 9 pts
- DYNES 9 pts
- STYED 9 pts
- TYNED 9 pts
- CEDIS 8 pts
- CITED 8 pts
- DICES 8 pts
- EDICT 8 pts
- SCEND 8 pts
- TIYNS 8 pts
- TYINS 8 pts
- TYNES 8 pts
- YETIS 8 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CINES 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- SINCE 7 pts
- DEIST 6 pts
- DENTS 6 pts
- DIETS 6 pts
- DINES 6 pts
- DINTS 6 pts
- DITES 6 pts
- EDITS 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- NIDES 6 pts
- SITED 6 pts
- SNIDE 6 pts
- STIED 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TENDS 6 pts
- TIDES 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
4-letter words
71 words- CITY 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- SYCE 9 pts
- SYNC 9 pts
- DENY 8 pts
- DEYS 8 pts
- DYES 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- TIDY 8 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- DISC 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- SNYE 7 pts
- STEY 7 pts
- STYE 7 pts
- SYNE 7 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYES 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- YENS 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- YINS 7 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENS 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINS 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- ENDS 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- SEND 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- SNED 5 pts
- TEDS 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- ICY 8 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- STY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YES 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DIE 4 pts
- DIN 4 pts
- DIS 4 pts
- DIT 4 pts
- EDS 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- IDS 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 front
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