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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BMO parsed Chinese import-and-export data and concluded that Beijing has likely been releasing copper from its own secretive stockpiles—and may eventually decide to top them up again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
That’s the question everyone is trying to figure out, as the 32-page agreement is parsed, with pundits pouring over minutiae of cable streaming and tax credits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
About 74% of returns that filed a capital gain in 2022 had household incomes of less than $200,000, according to Internal Revenue Service data parsed by Americans for Tax Reform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
Half of them never showed up, or, when they did, they slept through the lesson or nodded off in the middle of Miss Brown’s carefully parsed sentences.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
