Deconstruct, as words Crossword Clue

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The clue for your today's crossword puzzle is: "Deconstruct, as words" ,published by The Washington Post Sunday. Please check our best answer below:

Understanding Today's Crossword Puzzle

Today's clue, "Deconstruct, as words," corresponds to the answer "PARSE."

Here's why this clue has this answer:

1. Deconstruct: In the context of language and linguistics, "deconstruct" refers to breaking down a complicated idea or structure into simpler parts for analysis.
2. Words: The reference to "words" indicates that the action of deconstructing is specifically related to language elements.
3. Answer - PARSE: The term "PARSE" is commonly used in linguistics and computational linguistics to describe the analysis of sentences into their parts of speech and roles within the sentence structure.

When someone "parses" words, they are essentially deconstructing them to understand their grammatical components, such as verbs, nouns, adjectives, and so on. Therefore, the answer "PARSE" aptly fits the clue "Deconstruct, as words" in today's crossword puzzle.

Definition of "PARSE"

resolve (a sentence) into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles

Example :

I asked a couple of students to parse these sentences for me

a user question input is parsed into an internal conceptual representation

a failed parse was retried

 The Crossword clue "Deconstruct, as words" published 1 time/s & has 1 answer/s. 

Crossword	Date	Answer
The Washington Post Sunday	4 March 2018	PARSE