parse
verb (used with object)
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
parsed
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past participleof parse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof parse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
parseverb (used with object)to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
Example Sentences
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For his part, Thomas writes as though history resides principally in legal texts, 19th-century dictionaries, and carefully parsed debates over sovereignty.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Yardeni and his team parsed the official data released monthly by the Treasury Department, and found that foreign investors poured more than $1.4 trillion into U.S. assets during the 12 months through April 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
Online fanatics of true crime have parsed through information about the Nancy Guthrie case, filling in the limited details with rumor, innuendo and conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
JGBs edged higher in price terms in the morning Tokyo session as investors parsed the potential ramifications of the Middle East conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Suppose a reader has successfully parsed a sentence and now has an understanding of who did what to whom or what is true of what.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
