/ Dictionary / Index S syntactic construction: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: syntac'tic construc'tion Pronunciation: [key] — Gram. Gram. a construction that has no bound forms among its immediate constituents. Cf. any phrase or sentence. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. syntactic syntactics Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perspicacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language