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parsable

parsable

1 6.0
Easy to read and understand for a person or a computer
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɑːrsəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : analizable
  • The new software tool generates parsable data that can be easily processed by various applications.

That's in the Wolfram von Eschenbach's parsable book.

Examples

  • To improve user experience, the website should present parsable content that search engines can easily analyze.

  • And once again, use parsable on this very last sum.

  • Both of the Clintons are very parsable.

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  • I believe that subset of Natural Language to be parsable with a Parsing Expression Grammar.

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  • The only way that is going to happen is to make law machine parsable so that contradictions are flagged up by the compiler.

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  • RSS is mixable, mashable, parsable, filterable.

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  • The document is written in a clear and parsable format, making it easy for both humans and machines to understand.

Synonyms

legible
vsparsable
11 3.1

Clear enough to read easily, like handwriting or printed text

focuses more on structural analysability for people or computers
decipherable
vsparsable
1 3.7

Easy to read or understand

is broader and also covers material suited to computer analysis
graspable
vsparsable
1 3.8

Easy to understand or learn

applies more widely to content fit for human or machine analysis
computer-readable
vsparsable
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Data or files in a form a computer can read directly

is more general, covering both human and machine readable material
scannable
vsparsable
1 3.7

An item that a scanner or person can read quickly

usually needs deeper or formal analysis for full understanding
apprehensible
vsparsable
1 7.5

Most people can understand it easily

extends this idea to include machine or structured analysis
comprehendible
vsparsable
3.7

Easy to understand

also includes cases that machines or programs can analyse
decodable
vsparsable
4.0

Easy to read because words use regular letter sounds

is broader and not limited to simple-rule materials

Antonyms

Difficult or impossible to understand

14 4.1

Hard or impossible to read

How Parsable

well-formed
  • Specialized
3 4.4
clear
1.0
parsable
  • Specialized
1 6.0
unclear
207 3.9
ambiguous
68 6.3

Surface Forms

parsable positive

Morphology

parsable = parse (transparent) = parse + able

Formed by the productive suffix '-able' added to the verb 'parse', giving the straightforward meaning 'capable of being parsed'.

Etymology

The word parsable comes from parse, which originally meant to break something into parts, from a root that means 'part'. The ending -able means 'able', so parsable is something that can be broken into parts and therefore read or understood by a person or a computer.