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analyzing

[an-l-ahyz] Origin

an·a·lyze

[an-l-ahyz]
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

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
EXPAND
non·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
COLLAPSE


1. break down. 2. explicate.


1. synthesize.

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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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