▸ verb: (linguistics, ambitransitive) 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. ▸ verb: (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize. ▸ verb: (computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored. ▸ verb: (computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar. ▸ verb: (computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid. ▸ noun: (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing. ▸ noun: (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.
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