parse
verb (used with object)
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
is parsing
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present progressiveof parse (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is parsing records of trades made before a social-media post by President Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
What Vladeck is parsing is what it means that the furious tone does not appear to be shared by Kagan, a justice who has historically worked the court’s democracy desk.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025
Gubernatorial spokeswoman Jennifer Napier-Pearce said Cox’s office is parsing the details as he considers the bills.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
But Taylor is an intelligent writer, sure of his voice — one who’s as interested in pondering questions of faith as he is parsing the lyrics of his favorite musicians, like Jason Molina.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2020
Four, or six, or ten years, the pupil is parsing Greek and Latin, and as soon as he leaves the University, as it is ludicrously called, he shuts those books for the last time.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
