n., pl., -tag·mas, or -tag·ma·ta (-tăg'mə-tə), also -tagms.
- A sequence of linguistic units in a syntagmatic relationship to one another.
- A sequence of words in a particular syntactic relationship to one another; a construction.
[New Latin, from French syntagme, from Greek suntagma, suntagmat-, arrangement, syntactic unit, from suntassein, suntag-, to put in order. See syntax.]





