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Parsable

Able to be parsed. Also in extended use: analysable.
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Parse

To break (a sentence) down into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactical relationship of each part.
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Parsable

Able to be parsed.
Well-formed XML is an example of parsable text.
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Parse

To describe (a word) by stating its part of speech, form, and syntactical relationships in a sentence.
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Parse

To process (linguistic data such as speech or written language) in real time as it is being spoken or read, in order to determine its linguistic structure and meaning.
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Parse

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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Parse

To make sense of; comprehend
I simply couldn't parse what you just said.
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Parse

(Computers) To analyze or separate (input, for example) into more easily processed components.
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Parse

To admit of being parsed
Sentences that do not parse easily.
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Parse

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.
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Parse

(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
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Parse

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

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

Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
This sentence doesn't parse.
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Parse

An act of parsing; a parsing.
The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword.
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Parse

The result of such an act; a parsing.
This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.
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Parse

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.
Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly.
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Parse

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