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| parse [ paarss ] (past and past participle parsed, present participle pars·ing, 3rd person present singular pars·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb describe grammatical role of word: to describe the grammatical role of a word in a sentence, or undergo this process
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2. transitive and intransitive verb analyze grammatical structure of sentence: to analyze and describe the grammatical structure of a sentence, or undergo this process
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3. transitive verb comput analyze computer input: to analyze computer input in a specific language against the formal grammar of that language, both to validate the input and to create an internal representation of it for use in subsequent processing
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| [Mid-16th century. Perhaps < obsolete pars "parts of speech" < Old French] |
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 pars·a·ble adjective |
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