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Definitions for Parse

[1] to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
[2] to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.
[3] to analyze (something, as a speech or behavior) to discover its implications or uncover a deeper meaning: Political columnists were in their glory, parsing the president's speech on the economy in minute detail.
[4] Computers . to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.
[5] to be able to be parsed; lend itself to parsing: Sorry, but your concluding paragraph simply doesn't parse.
[6] to assign constituent structure to (a sentence or the words in a sentence)
[7] (intr) (of a word or linguistic element) to play a specified role in the structure of a sentence
[8] computing to analyse the source code of a computer program to make sure that it is structurally correct before it is compiled and turned into machine code

Words related to Parse

translate, infer, interpret, define, consider, scan, probe, scrutinize, check, ponder, review, research, read, screen, inspect, explore, audit, criticize, study, try

Words nearby Parse

pars granulosa, pars intermedia, pars plana, pars tympanica, pars-planitis, parse, parsec, parsee, parseeism, parser, parsha

Origin of Parse

1545–55; < Latin pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech

Other words from Parse

pars·a·ble , adjective
pars·er , noun
mis·parse , verb (used with object), mis·parsed, mis·pars·ing.
un·parsed , adjective

Word origin for Parse

C16: from Latin pars (orātionis ) part (of speech)

Synonyms for Parse

define, infer, interpret, translate, analyze, decipher, explicate, expound, read, render, take, understand, figure it to be, one's best guess, spell out