/pɑːz/, [pʰɑːz], /pɑɹs/
OriginPossibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).
- ambitransitiveTo 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.
- transitiveTo examine closely; to scrutinize.
- ambitransitiveTo split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
- transitiveTo resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
- intransitiveOf a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
“This sentence doesn't parse.”
- An act of parsing; a parsing.
“The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword.”
- The result of such an act; a parsing.
“This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.”
Formsparses(present, singular, third-person) · parsing(participle, present) · parsed(participle, past) · parsed(past) · parses(plural)