parse
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• verb
To analyze a string of symbols, text, or data into its syntactic components for processing (in computing).
"The script was written to parse the configuration file and extract all user settings."
To examine or analyze something minutely in order to understand or interpret it.
"Political analysts spent hours trying to parse the diplomat's carefully worded statement."
To resolve a sentence into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles.
"Students in the linguistics seminar learned how to parse complex Latin sentences."
• noun
An act of or the result obtained by parsing a string of text, a sentence, or computer code.
"A syntactic parse of the ambiguous sentence revealed two distinct grammatical interpretations."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in the mid-16th century from Middle English 'pars', the word derives from the Old French 'pars' and Latin 'pars orationis' ('part of speech'), notably from the schoolroom question 'Quae pars orationis?' ('What part of speech?').