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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 Latin or Gk sources), with -ys- taken as -ize
1595–1605; back formation from analysis (or from its Latin 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
mis·an·a·lyze, verb (used with object), -lyzed, -lyz·ing.
non·an·a·lyz·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDnon·an·a·lyzed, adjective
o·ver·an·a·lyze, verb, -lyzed, -lyz·ing.
re·an·a·lyz·a·ble, adjective
re·an·a·lyze, verb (used with object), -lyzed, -lyz·ing.
un·an·a·lyz·a·ble, adjective
un·an·a·lyz·a·b·ly, adverb
un·an·a·lyzed, adjective
un·an·a·lyz·ing, adjective
well-an·a·lyzed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. break down. 2. explicate.
1. break down. 2. explicate.
Antonyms
1. synthesize.
1. synthesize.
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Analyze
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example Sentences
- Let's analyze the original post.
- You hope this performance will be slightly better than the night before; after a performance, you analyze it and try to be better.
- As a first step analyze your cellphone usage by looking at the past few months' statements.
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World English Dictionary
| 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 |
| [C17: back formation from | |
| analyze or analyze | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: back formation from | |
| ana'lysable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| ana'lyzable or analyze | |
| —adj | |
| analy'sation or analyze | |
| —n | |
| analy'zation or analyze | |
| —n | |
| 'analyser or analyze | |
| —n | |
| 'analyzer or analyze | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
analyze
c.1600, "to dissect," from Fr. analyser, from analyse (see analysis). Literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. Sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909.
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