parse
verb
UK/pɑːz/
US/pɑːrs/
Definitions of parse verb
- Transitivelanguagespecialized
To analyze a sentence by breaking it down into its grammatical components, such as the subject, verb, and other parts of speech.
Nowadays, children are not often taught how to parse sentences.
Linguists need to be able to parse complex sentence structures.
This software can parse text and identify different grammatical elements.