analyze
//ˈæn.ə.laɪz//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- analyze
- past (v2)
- analyzed
- past participle (v3)
- analyzed
- present participle
- analyzing
- 3rd person singular
- analyzes
Definitions
1.To subject to analysis.
- The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results.
2.To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
3.To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
4.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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2339
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser
From the noun analyse
From Medieval Latin analysis
From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”)