What does parse mean?

Definitions for parse
pɑrs, pɑrzparse

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parseverb

    analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

Wiktionary

  1. parsenoun

    A successful act of parsing.

  2. parsenoun

    The result of such an act.

  3. parseverb

    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.

  4. parseverb

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

  5. Etymology: From pars, from pars (plural of part), from pars.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Parseverb

    To resolve a sentence into the elements or parts of speech. It is a word only used in grammar schools.

    Etymology: from pars, Latin.

    Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

    Let scholars reduce the words to their original, to the first case of nouns, or first tense of verbs, and give an account of their formations and changes, their syntax and dependencies, which is called parsing. Isaac Watts, Improv. of the Mind.

ChatGPT

  1. parse

    Parse refers to the process of analyzing a string of symbols or text according to certain rules or a specific set of rules, usually related to a programming language or a similar system. In computer science, parsing involves breaking down data into smaller components (like words or phrases in written language) to understand, interpret, or translate it. It is basically the opposite of generating or composing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Parsenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Parse

    pärs, v.t. (gram.) to tell the parts of speech of a sentence and the relations of the various words to each other.—n. Pars′ing. [L. pars (orationis), a part of speech.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. parse

    1. To determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or other utterance (close to the standard English meaning). “That was the one I saw you.” “I can't parse that.” 2. More generally, to understand or comprehend. “It's very simple; you just kretch the glims and then aos the zotz.” “I can't parse that.” 3. Of fish, to have to remove the bones yourself. “I object to parsing fish”, means “I don't want to get a whole fish, but a sliced one is okay”. A parsed fish has been deboned. There is some controversy over whether unparsed should mean ‘bony’, or also mean ‘deboned’.

CrunchBase

  1. Parse

    Parse is the cloud app platform for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, iOS, Android, JavaScript, and OS X. With Parse, you can add a scalable and powerful backend in minutes and launch a full-featured mobile or web app in record time without ever worrying about server management. Parse offers push notifications, social integration, data storage, and the ability to add rich custom logic to your app's backend with Cloud Code. Build more with Parse.

Entomology

  1. Parse

    sparse or sparsely.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PARSE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Parse is ranked #154907 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Parse surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Parse.

    94.2% or 99 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of parse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of parse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of parse in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    I have real problems with that guy, he's a smart guy who's talking about things that I believe he doesn't have any real insight or knowledge or experience in. He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out, it doesn't make any sense.

  2. Mike Davis:

    I can download that analog signal and parse through the power trace to get ones and zeroes, i know what the lock is doing internally.

  3. Nicole Perrin:

    One thing to keep in mind is that this is happening in the middle of the pandemic, and brands have already really cut their ad spending across all kinds of channels, including Facebook, it's going to be impossible to ever parse out how much did this boycott cost versus how much did the pandemic cost, how much would these same advertisers have pulled back just because of the broader economy.

  4. Chris Murphy:

    The president's language is always vague and hard to follow on almost every issue he talks about and it has been especially difficult to parse when he's talking about the issue of changing America's gun laws, he's talking to the gun lobby much more frequently than he's talking to me.

  5. Thomas Rosica:

    It's about time that we stop and allow the Pope to speak the language of most ordinary people, especially parents, who understand the Pope far better than those who parse every single word and statement that comes out of his mouth! let us not read into the Pope's words anything other than what is there. He speaks constantly of mercy and tenderness. He speaks as a pastor and loving father figure who loves children and wants the best for them.

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