parsable

parse

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pahrs, pahrz]
- /pɑrs, pɑrz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pahrs, pahrz]
- /pɑrs, pɑrz/

Definitions of parsable word

verb with object parsable to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc. 1
verb with object parsable to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc. 1
verb with object parsable to analyze (something, as a speech or behavior) to discover its implications or uncover a deeper meaning: Political columnists were in their glory, parsing the president's speech on the economy in minute detail. 1
verb with object parsable Computers. to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar. 1
verb without object parsable to be able to be parsed; lend itself to parsing: Sorry, but your concluding paragraph simply doesn't parse. 1

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Origin of parsable

First appearance:

before 1545

One of the 30% oldest English words

1545-55; < Latin pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech

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Parts of speech for Parsable

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Parsable

parsable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

parsable usage trend in Literature

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