analyze

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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.

Related terms

• analysis
• analyst
• analytic / analytical

Translations

• French: analyser
• German: analysieren
• Italian: analizzare
• Portuguese: analisar
• Russian: анализи́ровать
• Spanish: analizar

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