analyze (Amer.)
v.
break down into parts and study closely (i.e. a subject); examine, make an analysis (also analyse)
Analyze
analyze
Verb
1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
(synonym) analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
(hyponym) anatomize
(derivation) analyst
2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
(synonym) analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
(antonym) synthesize, synthesise
(hyponym) parse
(derivation) analyst
3. break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"
(synonym) analyse
(hyponym) factor analyse, factor analyze
(derivation) analyst
4. subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
(synonym) analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
(hypernym) treat, care for
(derivation) analyst, psychoanalyst
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
analyse (de)
n.
analysis, examination; inquiry, investigation
Analyze
(v. t.)
To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; 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; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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