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<desc>Get the parent of each element in the current set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.</desc>
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<p>Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the <code>.parent()</code> method allows us to search through the parents of these elements in the DOM tree and construct a new jQuery object from the matching elements. The <code>.parents()</code> and <code>.parent()</code> methods are similar, except that the latter only travels a single level up the DOM tree.</p>
<p>Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the <code>.parent()</code> method allows us to search through the parents of these elements in the DOM tree and construct a new jQuery object from the matching elements. The <a href="/parents/"><code>.parents()</code></a> and <code>.parent()</code> methods are similar, except that the latter only travels a single level up the DOM tree.</p>
<p>The method optionally accepts a selector expression of the same type that we can pass to the <code>$()</code> function. If the selector is supplied, the elements will be filtered by testing whether they match it.</p>
<p>Consider a page with a basic nested list on it:</p>
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