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parse

   [pahrs, pahrz] verb,parsed, pars·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
2.
to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.
3.
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)
4.
to admit of being parsed.
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Origin:
1545–55; < L pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech

—Related forms
pars·a·ble, adjective
parser, noun
mis·parse, verb (used with object),-parsed, -pars·ing.
un·parsed, adjective
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parse (pɑːz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
1.  to assign constituent structure to (a sentence or the words in a sentence)
2.  (intr) (of a word or linguistic element) to play a specified role in the structure of a sentence
3.  computing to analyse the course code of a computer program to make sure that it is structurally correct before it is compiled and turned into machine code
 
[C16: from Latin pars (orātionis) part (of speech)]
 
'parsable
 
—adj
 
parsing
 
—n

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parse
c.1553, "to state the parts of speech in a sentence," verb use of M.E. pars (n.) "part of speech" (c.1300), from O.Fr. pars, pl. of part "part," from L. pars (see part (n.)) in school question, Quae pars orationis? "What part of speech?"
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