analyze

Meaning

1. (US, transitive) To subject to analysis.
2. (US, transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
3. (US, transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
4. (US, 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.

Synonyms

analyse

analyse

examine

study

parse

assay

dissect

decompose

consider

canvass

investigate

evaluate

break down

test

take apart

interpret

search

part

anatomize

canvas

classify

differ

different

go over

probe

psychoanalyse

psychoanalyze

resolve

scrutinize

sort

tear down

winnow

analysis

resolve into elements

inquire

contemplate

consult

itemise

itemize

construe

ponder

put out feelers

prove

a bird

indagate

reflect

rip open

scan

examine critically

sift

Translations

analyser

analizar

analizzare

analysieren

analisar

analyseren

analitzar

ontbinden

αναλύω

ontleden

حلل

حلّل

untersuchen

incelemek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from analysis, or from Middle French analyser, from 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”).