Meaning & use
parse
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To analyze a sentence in terms of its grammatical structure, or more broadly, to examine something carefully piece by piece.
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The linguist parsed the sentence to identify its subject and verb.
Analysts spent hours trying to parse the vague statement from the CEO.
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Originally a grammar term, now also widely used in computing to describe a program breaking data into interpretable parts.
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