parsing

[ pahr-sing ]

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noun

the act or process of analyzing sentences or their elements grammatically:
Many sites offer additional help for those studying classical Greek texts, such as quick parsing and translation.
the act or process of analyzing language, behavior, events, etc., closely or minutely to discover their implications or deeper meaning:
At first I interpreted the case the same way, but on second thought, and after careful parsing of the press releases, it's not as clear-cut.
There will always be opportunities to entertain disquisitions on the subject, more detailed parsing of the circumstances, and so on.
Computers. the process of analyzing character strings in order to associate them with syntactic units of the underlying grammar:
If the file path contains spaces, use double quotes to ensure correct parsing.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of parsing¹

pars(e) ( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

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While Canadians, by necessity, spend a lot of time parsing political drama in the economic and military superpower next door, it’s probably safe to say most Americans spend almost no time thinking about Canada.

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That distinction, he argued in a Wednesday seminar hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists, is crucial in parsing the nutritional complexity of modern food processing.

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One of the biggest questions in parsing blue bloods is where is the cutoff line?

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We could start by parsing the jokes, gags, and laugh-riots that the president-elect and his allies crassly dispensed in the final weeks of the race.

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The difficulty in parsing exactly what the former president means also makes it hard to determine how literally to take him, even if his comments do inspire worry.

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parsimony pars intermedia

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