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parse

[pahrs, pahrz]

verb (used with object)

parsed, parsing 
  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 sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.

  3. to analyze (something, as a speech or behavior) to discover its implications or uncover a deeper meaning.

    Political columnists were in their glory, parsing the president's speech on the economy in minute detail.

  4. Computers.,  to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.



verb (used without object)

parsed, parsing 
  1. to be able to be parsed; lend itself to parsing.

    Sorry, but your concluding paragraph simply doesn't parse.

parse

/ pɑːz /

verb

  1. to assign constituent structure to (a sentence or the words in a sentence)

  2. (intr) (of a word or linguistic element) to play a specified role in the structure of a sentence

  3. computing to analyse the source code of a computer program to make sure that it is structurally correct before it is compiled and turned into machine code

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • parsable adjective
  • parser noun
  • misparse verb (used with object)
  • unparsed adjective
  • parsing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parse1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin pars “part,” as in pars ōrātiōnis “part of speech”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parse1

C16: from Latin pars ( orātionis ) part (of speech)
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Example Sentences

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And yet, they were reported and parsed endlessly as if they had the same meaning as other presidents’ words had in the past.

Helicopters circled over the neighborhood and showed footage of investigators parsing through scattered items in the home’s rear while multiple people filmed the scene with their phones from the street.

Still, we can parse out the implications based on the long history of conservative attacks on the program.

There are many things to parse in this response.

How you wish to parse responsibility among the electorate and local, federal and state governments is up to you.

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