parse

noun

(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

(computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.

verb

(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.

(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Roots

partiripart- · Latin · to divide, share out

Synonyms for parse

analyzev

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Where does parse come from?

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