analyze

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
    make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    break down into components or essential features
    subject to psychoanalytic treatment

Word Origin

analyze (v.)
c. 1600, "to dissect," from French analyser, from analyse (see analysis). Literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. General sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. Related: Analyzed; analyzing.

Antonym

Example

1. Computers can sift and analyze mountains of that data .
2. I analyze the pros and cons .
3. These tests analyze hormones in women 's urine .
4. I always analyze the meanings of my dreams .
5. Critically analyze your research data .

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