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parsing
Variant of parse
transitive verb parsed, parsing
- to separate (a sentence) into its parts, explaining the grammatical form and function of each of the parts and their interrelation
- to describe the form, part of speech, and function of (a word in a sentence)
intransitive verb
- to parse a sentence or word
- to be capable of being parsed
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