decompor — meaning in English

English meaning

• decompose verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
• 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.

Senses

decompor is used for these senses in English:

• break down (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
• decompose (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
• decompose (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
• parse (linguistics, ambitransitive) 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. [from mid 16th c.]

decompose — full definition

1. verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
2. verb To rot or decay, especially through natural biological processes.

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.

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