Analyze

Quick meaning: Analyze is a verb meaning (transitive) To subject to analysis.

Meaning

(transitive) To subject to analysis.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
2. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
3. (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.

Example Sentences

analyze a problem

This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]

The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results.

The phase structure of the fabricated nanophosphor samples was analyzed by using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD; Mac Science, M18XHF-SRA) with Cu Kα ( λ = 1.5402 Å) radiation, and the JADE software was applied to analyze the XRD data.

Word Forms

• analyzes
• analyzing
• analyzed
• analyse

Synonyms for analyze

Depending on context, synonyms include examine, study, dissect, analyse, break down, psychoanalyze.

Antonyms for analyze

Common opposites include synthesize, synthesise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include study, examine, analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, break down.

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