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To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
(verb-transitive)
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To describe (a word) by stating its part of speech, form, and syntactical relationships in a sentence.
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To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components: "What are we missing by parsing the behavior of chimpanzees into the conventional categories recognized largely from our own behavior?” ( Stephen Jay Gould).
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To make sense of; comprehend: I simply couldn't parse what you just said.
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Computer Science To analyze or separate (input, for example) into more easily processed components.
(verb-transitive)
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To assign constituent structure to (a sentence or the words in a sentence)
(verb)
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(of a word or linguistic element) to play a specified role in the structure of a sentence
(verb)
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To analyse the source code of a computer program to make sure that it is structurally correct before it is compiled and turned into machine code
(verb)
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