parse
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[change]- (UK) IPA (key): /pɑːz/ or [pʰɑːz]
- (US) IPA (key): /pɑrs/ or [pʰɑrs] or [pʰɑrz]
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- (transitive) If you parse a word, a statement, a sentence, etc., you use its parts to think about a meaning that is not clear.
- (transitive), (grammar) If you parse a sentence, you name the parts of speech of each word and their relations to each other; you analyze and describe it in grammatical terms.
- (transitive), (computing) If a computer parses a file or some other input, it breaks it into smaller groups for easier computing.