parsableadj.
/ˈpɑːzəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɑrsəb(ə)l/ Able to be parsed. Also in extended use: analysable.
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1847 O. B. Peirce First Lessons in Gram. 118 This makes the sentence correct—complete—grammatical—parsable.
1889 Amer. Ann. Deaf & Dumb Apr. 105 A sentence or phrase..perfectly parsable.
1948 G. C. Taylor in J. G. McManaway et al. Joseph Quincy Adams Memorial Stud. 25 Jonson's sentences are as a rule syntactically parsable; Shakespeare's very often are not.
1987 C. Hookway Minds, Machines & Evol. (BNC) 100 We should not regard their ‘invention’ of a structured gestural language as grounds for believing that earlier hominid handwaving could thus rapidly have attained parsable results.
2000 Gay & Lesbian Rev. (Nexis) 31 Oct. 4 Polling data reveal the range of people's views on a huge variety of issues, all parsable by age, income, region, gender, etc.
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ˌparsaˈbility n.
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1951 C. Fadiman in Holiday Nov. 8/3 Though I concede the influence of his Doctrine of Original Syntax, for me his sentence structure passes the bounds of parsability.
1999 D. Nettle Ling. Diversity vii. 134 Linguistic items come under selection in the acquisition and use of language for many different reasons. These include, at the very least, their parsability, economy, iconicity, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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