analyze
pronunciation
How to pronounce analyze in British English: UK ['ænəlaɪz]
How to pronounce analyze in American English: US [ˈænəˌlaɪz]
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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 .