It's an old word that has been used since at least the mid 1500s, but it was not until the late 1700s that parse graduated to its extended, non-grammar-related sense of "to examine in a minute …

PARSE definition: to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc. See examples of parse used in a sentence.

PARSE definition: 1. to separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject, verb, etc.: 2. to examine…. Learn more.

parse (pɑrs, pɑrz) v. parsed, pars•ing. v.t. 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 …

Nov 18, 2025 · parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed) (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize. …

Definition of parse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

In grammar, if you parse a sentence, you examine each word and clause in order to work out what grammatical type each one is.

PARSE meaning: 1 : to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other; 2 : to study (something) by looking at its parts closely analyze

When you parse a sentence, you break it into parts and analyze each element carefully. When your sweetheart shouts "You never listen!" it's a bad idea to parse that by replying, "I just …

PARSE meaning: 1. to separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject, verb, etc.: 2. to examine…. Learn more.