analyze

CEFRB1

/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To examine something carefully to understand its parts or meaning.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Examples

  • I'm going to analyze the experimental results, and write a report.

  • How would you analyze the situation?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈanələi̯z]
  • [ˈɑnələi̯z]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

  2. To subject to analysis.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • Let's analyze the machine.

  • analyze a problem

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

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The chemist will blank the compound in the lab to determine its composition.

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Origin

verb

Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).