0%

par-sable

par-sa·ble
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahr sey-buh l]
    • /pɑr ˈseɪ bəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahr sey-buh l]
    • /pɑr ˈseɪ bəl/

Definitions of par-sable word

  • verb with object par-sable to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc. 1
  • verb with object par-sable to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc. 1
  • verb with object par-sable 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 par-sable 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 par-sable to be able to be parsed; lend itself to parsing: Sorry, but your concluding paragraph simply doesn't parse. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of par-sable

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Latin pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Par-sable

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

par-sable 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?