parse

verb

UK/pɑːz/
US/pɑːrs/

Definitions of parse verb

  1. 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.