5 dictionary results for: parser
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parse
[pahrs, pahrz] Pronunciation Key verb, parsed, pars·ing.
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[pahrs, pahrz] Pronunciation Key verb, parsed, pars·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without 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. |
| 4. | to admit of being parsed. |
[Origin: 1545–55; < L pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech
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pars·a·ble, adjective
parser, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| parse
(pärs) Pronunciation Key
v. parsed, pars·ing, pars·es v. tr.
v. intr. To admit of being parsed: sentences that do not parse easily. [Probably from Middle English pars, part of speech, from Latin pars (ōrātiōnis), part (of speech); see perə-2 in Indo-European roots.] pars'er n. |
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| parser | |
noun | |
| a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
parser language
An algorithm or program to determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or string of symbols in some language. A parser normally takes as input a sequence of tokens output by a lexical analyser. It may produce some kind of abstract syntax tree as output. One of the best known parser generators is yacc.
(1997-07-21)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Parser
Pars"er\, n. One who parses.
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