Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
- transitive verb Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.
- transitive verb Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of.
- transitive verb To psychoanalyze.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take to pieces; resolve into elements; separate, as a compound into its parts; ascertain the constituents or causes of; ascertain the characters or structure of, as a plant: as, to
analyze a mineral, a sentence, or an argument; to analyze light by separating it into its prismatic constituents. - Hence To examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of: as, to
analyze a poem. - In mathematics, to submit (a problem) to treatment by algebra, and especially by the calculus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning
- transitive verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.
- transitive verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
subject toanalysis . - verb transitive To
resolve (anythingcomplex ) into itselements . - verb transitive To
separate into theconstituent parts, for thepurpose of anexamination of each separately. - verb transitive To examine in such a manner as to
ascertain the elements ornature of the thing examined; as, to analyze afossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action toascertain itsmorality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb break down into components or essential features
- verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
- verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
- verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One could analyze from a biochemical perspective and focus on interactions on a molecular level.
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Never in the history of this country we have a intelligent President, Smart and Honest, STOP GOP just making noise because if we analyze from the last past 60 years, YOU REPUBLICANS have been making big mass and infecting un-educated citizens all over, with this technique of fear and intimidation.
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Nguyen said one of the key elements the panel has been trying to analyze is the safety culture at the companies involved in the April 20 disaster.
Oil Spill Panel: Transocean Thwarts Efforts To Get Critical Documents, Witness AP 2010
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And if that's the mistake, then you analyze from the mistake to who's at fault.
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And if that's the mistake, then you analyze from the mistake to who's at fault.
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Steinberg, now Red Sox executive vice president, says, "I don't know how he applies the mental power he has, but his intellect, his ability to analyze, is extraordinary."
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If you analyze during the game, you could agree with the referee; if you analyze from the TV, you could not agree with the referee.
USATODAY.com - Notes: Germany relieved, refs second-guessed 2002
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Now, this tendency to analyze is obviously more dangerous for children than for adults, because, from lack of experience and knowledge of psychology, the child's analysis is incomplete.
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According to an outline released by the Education Ministry, Social Justice 12 is not a course on homosexuality, but one meant to “raise students’ awareness of social injustice, to enable them to analyze from a social justice perspective, and to provide them with knowledge, skills and an ethical framework to advocate for a socially just world.”
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According to an outline released by the Education Ministry, Social Justice 12 is not a course on homosexuality, but one meant to “raise students’ awareness of social injustice, to enable them to analyze from a social justice perspective, and to provide them with knowledge, skills and an ethical framework to advocate for a socially just world.”
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jeen0809 commented on the word analyze
Scientists must analyze problems throughly.
April 7, 2007