parse

Meaning

Verb

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
3. (ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. (transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
5. (intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Noun

1. An act of parsing; a parsing.
2. The result of such an act; a parsing.

Synonyms

analyse

analyze

anatomize

assay

canvass

chop up

construe

demount

detail

examine

explain

interpret

lay out

list

spell out

structure

study

take apart

tear down

winnow

lay out details

Translations

analyser

analisar

analizzare

analysieren

ontleden

decompor

analizar

ontleding

analitzar

análisis

untersuchen

analyseren

fare l’analisi logica

décomposer

analyse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɑːz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pars

In summary

Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).