analyse

UK: /ˈænəlaɪz/ US: (an′l īz′)

Inflections of 'analyse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

analyses

v 3rd person singular (UK)

analysing

v pres p (UK)

analysed

v past (UK)

analysed

v past p (UK)

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an•a•lyse  (an′l īz′), v.t., -lysed, -lys•ing. [Chiefly Brit.]

1. analyze.

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analyse, analyze / ˈæn^əˌlaɪz/ verb (transitive)

1. to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc
2. to break down into components or essential features
3. to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of
4. another word for psychoanalyse

Etymology: 17th Century: back formation from analysis

ˈanaˌlyser, ˈanaˌlyzer noun

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an•a•lyze /ˈænəlˌaɪz/   v. [~ + object] , -lyzed, -lyz•ing. 

1. to examine or study something so as to separate it into the pieces that make it up, and to figure out its essential features:
   to analyze the blood on the murder weapon.
2. to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.:
   They analyzed the political situation.
3. Psychotherapy to psychoanalyze.

See -lys-. Related Words

analyze is a verb, analysis is a noun, analytical is an adjective:
The computer analyzed the data. The computer produced an analysis in seconds. She has an analytical mind.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

an•a•lyze  (an′l īz′), v.t., -lyzed, -lyz•ing. 

1. to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements;
   determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize):
   to analyze an argument.
2. to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of:
   to analyze a poem.
3. to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
4. to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis.
5. Psychotherapy to psychoanalyze:
   a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] analyse. 

• back formation from analysis (or from its Latin or Greek sources), with -ys- taken as -ize 1595–1605

an′a•lyz′a•ble, adj. 
an′a•lyz′a•bil′isyl>ty, n. 
an′a•ly•za′tion, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. break down.
• 2. explicate.

Antonyms

• 1. synthesize.