Parse Definition

pärs
parsed, parses, parsing
verb
To parse a sentence, word, etc.
Webster's New World
To separate (a sentence) into its parts, explaining the grammatical form and function of each of the parts and their interrelation.
Webster's New World
To describe the form, part of speech, and function of (a word in a sentence)
Webster's New World
To process (linguistic data such as speech or written language) in real time as it is being spoken or read, in order to determine its linguistic structure and meaning.
American Heritage
To use analytical skills to interpret or comprehend.
Webster's New World
noun
(linguistics, computing) A successful act of parsing.
Wiktionary
(linguistics, computing) The result of such an act.
Wiktionary

Origin of Parse

  • Probably from Middle English pars part of speech from Latin pars (ōrātiōnis) part (of speech) perə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English pars, from Old French pars (plural of part), from Latin pars.

    From Wiktionary

Parse Sentence Examples

  • She was key to developing the galactic translator with her abilities to parse and translate languages.

  • That doesn't mean that it's not important to format the file correctly in order for feed readers to be able to parse the content.

  • He could then parse these to extract the required information.

  • In lieu of a Universal Translator, the Enterprise relied on Ensign Hoshi Sato (Linda Park) a gift linguist who not only spoke multiple languages, but was able to parse out the phonetic keys to understanding new languages.

  • In the early days of MySQL, you had to create your own PHP files (such as the one described on Kirupa.com) in order to parse all of the data out of those MySQL tables and into a well-formed XML document.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

ESERSE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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