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analyze

verb

Simple meaning

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis to discover essential features or meaning.

Pronunciation

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anuhlyz

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈænəlaɪz

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Word Review

Definition

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verb

  1. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

  2. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

  3. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment

    “I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist.”

  4. transitive

    To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

  5. transitive

    To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

  6. transitive

    To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Varies by meaning

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Used this way, analyze is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It suits considered writing and prepared speech.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Serious and weighty
Usage feel
Formal and precise

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  • “Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare.”verb

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • analyzedadjectiveInflected form

    Examined carefully and methodically.

  • analyzernounInflected form

    An instrument that performs analyses.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • factor analyzeverbCompound term

    To perform a factor analysis of correlational data.

  • pulse height analyzernounCompound term

    Scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass.

  • differential analyzernounCompound term

    An analog computer designed to solve differential equations.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features

break down

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