PARSE
parse
(verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed)
(linguistics, ambitransitive) 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. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonym: construe
(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
Usage notes
Generally speaking, parse is an ergative verb, i.e. ambitransitive with the subject of the intransitive form corresponding to the direct object of the transitive form. If a person or program can parse X into Y, then we say that X parses as Y. Note that the last sense is not quite the same as the penultimate; a string only parses if it can be parsed successfully.
Noun
parse (plural parses)
(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing.
(computing, linguistics) The result of such an act.
Anagrams
• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprĂ©s, as per, asper, pares, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear
Source: Wiktionary
Parse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Parsing.] Etym: [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.] (Gram.)
Definition: To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
3 April 2025
WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Do you know this game?
Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins