a grammatical construction in which the inflection or form of a word is conditioned by the meaning rather than the syntax, as for example the plural form have with the singular noun group in the sentence the group have already assembled
Word origin
via New Latin from Greek sunesis union, from sunienai to bring together, from syn- + hienai to send
synesis in American English
(ˈsɪnəsɪs)
noun
a grammatical construction which conforms to the meaning rather than to strict syntactic agreement or reference (Ex.: Has everyone washed their hands?)
Word origin
ModL < Gr, sagacity, quick perception < synienai, to perceive, lit., to bring together < syn-, together + hienai, to set in motion: see jet1