PARSE definition: to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc. See examples of parse used in a sentence.

It's an old word that has been used since at least the mid 1500s, but it was not until the late 1700s that parse graduated to its extended, non-grammar-related sense of "to examine in a minute way" or "to …

PARSE definition: 1. to separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject, verb, etc.: 2. to examine…. Learn more.

In grammar, if you parse a sentence, you examine each word and clause in order to work out what grammatical type each one is.

parse (pɑrs, pɑrz) v. parsed, pars•ing. v.t. 1. to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc. 2. to describe (a word in a …

Mar 23, 2026 · parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed) (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize. (computing, …

Students were asked to parse the sentence. Economists parsed the census data.

When you parse a sentence, you break it into parts and analyze each element carefully. When your sweetheart shouts "You never listen!" it's a bad idea to parse that by replying, "I just heard you, so I …

PARSE meaning: 1. to separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject, verb, etc.: 2. to examine…. Learn more.

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