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parse

/pɑːz/ /pɑɹs/

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noun

An act of parsing.

Examples :

"The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword."

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noun

The result of such an act.

Examples :

"This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser."

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verb

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.

Examples :

"The teacher asked the students to parse the sentence "The big dog chased the little cat." "

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verb

To examine closely; to scrutinize.

Examples :

"The teacher asked us to parse the poem line by line to understand its deeper meaning. "

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verb

To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

Examples :

"The computer program parsed the student's essay into individual sentences, making it easier to check for grammatical errors. "

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verb

To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

Examples :

"The computer program needs to parse the user's input to understand which command they want to execute. "

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verb

Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Examples :

"The computer program couldn't understand my command because it didn't parse correctly; I likely had a typo in the code. "

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