analyze
Etymology

Probably a back-formation from analysis, or from Middle French analyser, from analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύσις, from λύω.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/, [ˈɛən.ə.laɪz], [ˈɛːn.ə.laɪz]
  • (Australia) IPA: /ˈæn.ə.lɑɪz/, /ˈæn.lɑɪz/
Verb

analyze (analyzes, present participle analyzing; simple past and past participle analyzed) (American spelling)

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