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What is the meaning of "parse out"?

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Rebecca

"Parse out" in this show means to separate. The word "parse" actually means to break something down into smaller parts, especially when it comes to studying or linguistics. In this show, parse is being used somewhat correctly but it sounds a little odd. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation. Here are some example sentences with the word "parse" being used. Ex: The teacher taught the students how to parse sentences to find the verbs and nouns. Ex: He can parse different languages to translate them.

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