parsing

Plural: parsings

Verb

Verb Forms: parse, parsed, parses

• Analyzing a sentence into its component parts and their functions.
• analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
• present participle and gerund of parse

Noun

• The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).
• An instance of that act or process; a parse.
• Any result of such an instance; a parse; an acceptation.

Examples

• A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.
• Parsing an Old English text can be difficult.
• Parsing through his rack, he finally saw the complex word ’QUIZZICAL’ hidden within.
• Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".

Synonyms

parse

Anagrams of parsing