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Definition of Analyze
1. Verb. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning. "Sam and Sue analyze the movie "; "Analyze your real motives"
Specialized synonyms: Anatomize, Diagnose, Name, Diagnose, Appraise, Survey, Survey, Compare, Check, Check Into, Check Out, Check Over, Check Up On, Go Over, Look Into, Suss Out, Assay, Reexamine, Review, Audit, Inspect, Scrutinise, Scrutinize, Screen, Follow, Trace, Investigate, Look Into, Sieve, Sift, Consider, Look At, View
Derivative terms: Analyser, Analysis, Analyst, Examination, Study
2. Verb. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features. "Analyze a chemical compound"
Specialized synonyms: Parse, Botanise, Botanize
Derivative terms: Analyser, Analyst, Analyzer, Breakdown, Dissection, Dissection
Antonyms: Synthesize
3. Verb. Break down into components or essential features. "Analyze today's financial market"
Specialized synonyms: Factor Analyse, Factor Analyze
Derivative terms: Analysis, Analyst, Analyzer
4. Verb. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment. "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Generic synonyms: Care For, Treat
Derivative terms: Analysis, Analyst, Psychoanalyst
Definition of Analyze
1. v. t. 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; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Definition of Analyze
1. Verb. (transitive) To subject to analysis. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately. ¹
4. Verb. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Analyze
1. to subject to analysis [v -LYZED, -LYZING, -LYZES]
Medical Definition of Analyze
1. 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; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. "No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain." (Darwin) Origin: Cf. F. Analyser. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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