English Explanatory Dictionary

parse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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. To examine closely; to scrutinize.
  3. To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
  4. To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
  5. 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.

Pronunciation

/pɑːz/ [pʰɑːz] /pɑɹs/ /pɑɹz/ en-us-parse.ogg en-au-parse.ogg

Word forms

parse parses parsing parsed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

construe

Derived words

geoparse misparse nonparsed nonparsing parsable parser preparse reparse unparsable unparse unparsed wackyparse wackyparsing most vexing parse parse tree subparse
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