parse
IPA: pˈɑrs
noun
- (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.
- (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.
verb
- (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) 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.
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