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an⋅a⋅lyze

  [an-l-ahyz]
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–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.
Also, especially British, analyse.

Origin:
1595–1605; back formation from analysis (or from its L or Gk sources), with -ys- taken as -ize

Related forms:
an⋅a⋅lyz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
an⋅a⋅lyz⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
an⋅a⋅ly⋅za⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1. break down. 2. explicate.

Antonyms:
1. synthesize.
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an·a·lyze   (ān'ə-līz')   
tr.v.   an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es
  1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
  2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.
  3. Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of.
  4. To psychoanalyze.

[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

An"a*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Analyzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing.] [Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis.] To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. --Darwin.
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Language Translation for : Analyze
Spanish: analizar,
German: analysieren,
Japanese: 分析する
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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 : PSYCHOANALYZE
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