analyse or analyze (ˈænəˌlaɪz) ![]() | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc |
| 2. | to break down into components or essential features: to analyse a financial structure |
| 3. | to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of |
| 4. | another word for psychoanalyse |
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| analyze or analyze | |
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| ana'lysable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| ana'lyzable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| analy'sation or analyze | |
| —n | |
| analy'zation or analyze | |
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| 'analyser or analyze | |
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| 'analyzer or analyze | |
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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