to parse
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7.3
- verb
- /pɑrs/
- Specialized
:
analizar sintácticamente
- Linguists often need to parse complex sentences to understand their grammatical structure.
That is, how do you parse this particular statute?
- That is, how do you parse this particular statute?
- It's not clear in the way that it's translated, but if you parse it apart, you can you can figure it out.
Examples
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Students were taught how to parse sentences to identify subjects and predicates.
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The most thoughtful and real-world voters are able to parse the Clintons' words.
Blog text (15) -
I think we need to parse that down into three separate issues and understand what the reality is.
Academic text (1998) -
That is, how do you parse this particular statute?
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It's not clear in the way that it's translated, but if you parse it apart, you can you can figure it out.
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Time slipped by, and he began to parse single voices, most of them male.
Fiction book (2002) -
You can parse the words if you'd like.
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But two things we cannot do simultaneously: we cannot speak and simultaneously parse our sentences.
Academic text (2006) -
Although these descriptions may seem difficult to parse, their structured format supports rapid learning.
Academic text (2010) -
Her grasp of applied theological ethics becomes apparent when we parse a simple hypothetical situation
Academic text (1994)
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word parse comes from the Latin root pars meaning 'part', and it shares this root with the English word part. So to parse a sentence is to split it into smaller parts to see how each piece works in the grammar.