analyze

[an-l-ahyz] /ˈæn lˌaɪz/

verb (used with object), analyzed, analyzing.

to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize):

to analyze an argument.

to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of:

to analyze a poem.

to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.

to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis.

to psychoanalyze:

a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists.

Also, especially British, analyse.

Origin

1595-1605; back formation from analysis (or from its Latin or Gk sources), with -ys- taken as -ize

Related forms

analyzable, adjective

analyzability, noun

analyzation, noun

misanalyze, verb (used with object), misanalyzed, misanalyzing.

nonanalyzable, adjective

nonanalyzed, adjective

overanalyze, verb, overanalyzed, overanalyzing.

reanalyzable, adjective

reanalyze, verb (used with object), reanalyzed, reanalyzing.

unanalyzable, adjective

unanalyzably, adverb

unanalyzed, adjective

unanalyzing, adjective

well-analyzed, adjective

Synonyms

1. break down. 2. explicate.

Antonyms

1. synthesize.

Examples from the web for analyze

Let's analyze the original post.
You hope this performance will be slightly better than the night before; after a performance, you analyze it and try to be better.
As a first step analyze your cellphone usage by looking at the past few months' statements.
With the introduction of new devices, we analyze the future of digital comics.
Another way to analyze the graph is by focusing on the recent change.
Consider the way you would analyze a problem.
You can learn more here about how to analyze a company's cash flow .
This data can then be used to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics .
This data is too massive to actually analyze effectively by sight.
The idea was to create a machine learning algorithm that could analyze and classify music.

British Dictionary definitions for analyze

analyse

/ˈænəˌlaɪz/

verb (transitive)

to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc

to break down into components or essential features: to analyse a financial structure

to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of

another word for psychoanalyse

Derived Forms

analysable, (US) analyzable, adjective
analysation, (US) analyzation, noun
analyser, (US) analyzer, noun

Word Origin

C17: back formation from analysis

Word Origin and History for analyze

c.1600, "to dissect," from French analyser, from analyse (see analysis). Literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. General sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. Related: Analyzed; analyzing.