R. S. Anson
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If parse brings up memories of learning the parts of speech in school, you've done your homework regarding this word. Parsing sentences, after all, is part and parcel of learning to read and write. Parse comes from the first element of the Latin term for "part of speech," pars orationis. 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 way" or "to analyze critically." Remember this extended sense, and you'll really be at the head of the class.
Examples of parse in a Sentence
Kara Nesvig, Allure, 24 Apr. 2025
Smartphone manufacturers like Xiaomi, OPPO, Honor and Vivo are embedding similar AI functions at the system level, often relying on accessibility permissions to parse visual content.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
In a leap forward for astronomy, a researcher has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm and discovered more than one million objects in space by parsing through understudied data from a NASA telescope.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
This framework was then tested against three different parsing strategies, or linguistic models that illustrate how the brain builds information over time.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Parse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parse. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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