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séparer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • parse verb To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
  • part noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  • separate verb To divide something into parts, or to keep things or people apart from each other.
  • shed noun A small, simple structure used for storage or shelter, usually in a garden or yard.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  • winnow verb To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Senses

séparer is used for these senses in English:

  • come between (transitive) To affect negatively or cause discord between (someone) and another person.
  • parse (computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
  • shed (transitive, UK, dialectal) To part, separate or divide.
  • split (transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
  • split (intransitive, of a couple) To separate.
  • winnow (transitive, figuratively) To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

parse — full definition

  1. verb To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.
  2. verb To examine closely; to scrutinize.
  3. verb To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
  4. verb To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

part — full definition

  1. noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  2. noun A role played by an actor, or someone's share of responsibility in something.
  3. verb To separate from someone or something, or to divide something into pieces.
  4. adv Partly; to some degree.

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