diff --git a/types/syntax-error/index.d.ts b/types/syntax-error/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for syntax-error 1.4
+// Project: https://github.com/browserify/syntax-error
+// Definitions by: TeamworkGuy2 <https://github.com/TeamworkGuy2>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+import * as acorn from "acorn";
+
+/**
+ * Check the source code string 'src' for syntax errors. Optionally you can specify a filename
+ * file that will show up in the output.
+ * If 'src' has a syntax error, return an error object err that can be printed or stringified.
+ * If there are no syntax errors in 'src', return undefined.
+ * Options will be passed through to acorn-node. acorn-node defaults to options
+ * that match the most recent Node versions.
+ */
+declare function syntaxError(src: any, file?: string, opts?: acorn.Options): (SyntaxError & { line: number; column: number; annotated: string; inspect(): string }) | undefined;
+
+export = syntaxError;
diff --git a/types/syntax-error/syntax-error-tests.ts b/types/syntax-error/syntax-error-tests.ts
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+import syntaxError = require("syntax-error");
+
+function test(): SyntaxError | undefined {
+    const res1 = syntaxError("(function(){ console.log('do something!'); }());", "motivation.js");
+    const res2 = syntaxError("(function(){ console.log('do something!'); }());", "motivation.js", { ecmaVersion: 2015, sourceType: "script" });
+    if (res2 != null) {
+        if (res2.line === 1) {
+            const msg = `${res2.name} (${res2.line}:${Math.abs(res2.column)}): ${res2.message}\n${res2.stack}`;
+        }
+    }
+    return res1 || res2;
+}
diff --git a/types/syntax-error/tsconfig.json b/types/syntax-error/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "syntax-error-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/syntax-error/tslint.json b/types/syntax-error/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }