Parse – p aa z
To analyse a sentence into its parts.
I can successfully parse a sentence.
Definition verb (used with object), parsed, pars·ing.
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.
to analyze (something, as a speech or behavior) to discover its implications or uncover a deeper meaning
Computers. to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.
verb (used without object), parsed, pars·ing.
to be able to be parsed
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How to Pronounce
Synonyms for parse
Dictionary Entries near parse
parry, Parry Channel, Parry's disease, pars, pars amorpha, parse, parsec, Parsee, Parseeism, parser, pars granulosa
First known use
1545–55; <Latin pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech
