PARSE Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

parse

verb

as in to analyze

to understand something by considering it parts closely I'm having trouble parsing your words—could you rephrase what you said? We need time to parse the huge amount of data put forward in the report.

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Recent Examples of parse One page — ideally parsed to circumvent contention — is what mediators hope for. —

Jennifer Hansler, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 Stocks fell Monday as investors tried to parse the uncertainty. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 4 May 2026 Its two prongs—spectacle and the sale of supplements and medicine—don’t always parse. —

Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026 But scientists are still trying to parse how different forms of screen time affect kids’ health at different ages. —

Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parse

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analyze

Verb

Two tested negative, while the third result was still being analyzed, according to the statement.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026