Standard Lemma guide

parse

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɑːz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [phɑːz]
  • General-American: /pɑɹs/
  • General-American: /pɑɹz/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)z
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)s
  • homophone: pass (non-rhotic, trap–bath split)
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of parsing; a parsing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The result of such an act; a parsing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: construe

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To examine closely; to scrutinize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, linguistics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • This sentence doesn't parse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart

History

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 解析 (jiěxī) — act of parsing
  • Dutch: ontleding — act of parsing
  • Dutch: analyse — act of parsing
  • Finnish: jäsentäminen — act of parsing
  • Finnish: jäsennys — act of parsing
  • Finnish: lauseenjäsennys — act of parsing
  • Finnish: jäsentely — act of parsing
  • French: analyse — act of parsing
  • Japanese: パーズ (pāzu) — act of parsing
  • Japanese: 解析 (kaiseki) — act of parsing
  • Russian: ана́лиз (análiz) — act of parsing
  • Russian: разбо́р (razbór) — act of parsing
  • Serbo-Croatian: parsiranje — act of parsing
  • Spanish: procesamiento — act of parsing
  • Spanish: análisis — act of parsing
  • Swedish: parsning — act of parsing
  • Swedish: syntaxanalys — act of parsing
  • Dutch: ontleding — result of parsing
  • Dutch: analyse — result of parsing
  • Dutch: parse — result of parsing
  • Finnish: jäsennys — result of parsing
  • Spanish: resultado — result of parsing
  • Spanish: análisis — result of parsing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解析 (jiěxī) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 剖析 (pōuxì) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Dutch: analyseren — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Dutch: ontleden — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Finnish: jäsentää — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • French: analyser — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • French: décomposer — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • German: analysieren — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Hebrew: פירק (perék) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Hebrew: פענח (pianéakh) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Hungarian: elemez — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Ido: analizar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Italian: analizzare — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Japanese: 解析する (kaiseki suru) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Japanese: パーズする (pāzu suru) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Portuguese: analisar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Portuguese: decompor — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Russian: анализи́ровать (analizírovatʹ) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Russian: разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Russian: разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Serbo-Croatian: analizirati — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Spanish: analizar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Spanish: descomponer — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Spanish: desglosar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Spanish: diseccionar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Spanish: disecar — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Swedish: analysera — (linguistics) to resolve into elements
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解析 (jiěxī) — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 剖析 (pōuxì) — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • Finnish: jäsentää — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • French: parser — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • Serbo-Croatian: parsirati — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • Spanish: parsear — (computing) to resolve (a string) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar
  • Catalan: analitzar — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Dutch: ontleden — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Dutch: parsen — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Finnish: jäsentää — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • French: séparer — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • German: zerteilen — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • German: parsen — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Hungarian: elemez — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Icelandic: þátta — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Malay: hurai — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Māori: poroporo — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Polish: parsować — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Portuguese: processar — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Serbo-Croatian: parsirati — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Spanish: parsear — (''computing'') to split data into pieces
  • Finnish: jäsentyä — (computing, linguistics) to conform to rules of grammar
  • Spanish: parsear — (computing, linguistics) to conform to rules of grammar