"parse" meaning in English

See parse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɑːz/ [UK], /pɑrs/ [US] Audio: en-us-parse.ogg [US], en-au-parse.ogg [Australia] Forms: parse [canonical], parses [third-person, singular], parsed [past], parsed [past, participle], parsing [present, participle]
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  1. If you parse a word, a statement, a sentence, etc., you use its parts to think about a meaning that is not clear.
    Sense id: simple-parse-en-verb-99-EvfVi
  2. If you parse a sentence, you name the parts of speech of each word and their relations to each other; you analyze and describe it in grammatical terms.
    Sense id: simple-parse-en-verb-XLKLOiS5 Categories (other): Grammar
  3. If a computer parses a file or some other input, it breaks it into smaller groups for easier computing.
    Sense id: simple-parse-en-verb-DBBSpItl Categories (other): Computing
     
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