analyze

Definition of Analyze in English :

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Example Sentences:
'analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare'
'analyze the evidence in a criminal trial'
'analyze your real motives'

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Example Sentences:
'analyze a specimen'
'analyze a sentence'
'analyze a chemical compound'

3. analyse, analyze

break down into components or essential features

Example Sentences:
'analyze today's financial market'

subject to psychoanalytic treatment

Example Sentences:
'I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Analyze

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈanaˌlyzed or ˈanaˌlyzing

to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.

to examine in detail so as to determine the nature or tendencies of

to psychoanalyze

4. Chemistry

to examine (compounds or mixtures) by analytical chemistry

5. Grammar

to resolve (a sentence) into its grammatical elements

tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es

1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.

2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of.

3. Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of.

4. To psychoanalyze.

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