What does 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' mean?

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What does 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' mean?
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The 'SyntaxError: invalid syntax' error in Python means the interpreter encountered code that doesn't follow Python's grammatical rules (syntax). It's like having a grammatical error in a sentence. Python can't understand what you're trying to do with the code.