an·a·lyze
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Audio Help [an-l-ahyz] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -lyzed, -lyz·ing.
| 1. | to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument. |
| 2. | to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of: to analyze a poem. |
| 3. | to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc. |
| 4. | to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis. |
| 5. | to psychoanalyze: a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists. |
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Analyze
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| an·a·lyze
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tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es
[Perhaps from French analyser, from analyse, analysis, from Greek analusis; see analysis.] an'a·lyz'a·ble adj., an'a·ly·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n., an'a·lyz'er n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to separate into constituent parts for study: analyze a chemical substance; a book that anatomizes 19th-century European history; medical students dissecting cadavers. |
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| analyze | |
verb | |
| 1. | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| 2. | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [ant: synthesise] |
| 3. | break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" |
| 4. | subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Main Entry: an·a·lyze
Variant: or British an·a·lyse /'an-&l-"Iz/
Function: transitive verb
InflectedForms: -lyzed or British -lysed; -lyz·ing or British -lys·ing
1 : to study or determine the nature and relationship ofthe parts of by analysis; especially : to examine by chemical analysis
2 :
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Analyze
An"a*lyse\, v., Analyser \An"a*ly`ser\, n., etc. Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
analyze
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