Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
parse
verb
/pɑrs/
Definition
To analyze a string or text into its component parts, typically in order to understand its meaning.
Examples
- The software can parse the user input to extract relevant commands.
- In programming, we often need to parse JSON data into objects.
- Grammarians parse sentences to study their syntax.
Meaning
In linguistics and computer science, parsing involves breaking down a text to understand its grammatical structure.
Synonyms
- analyze
- examine
- deconstruct
- interpret
