Definitions for analyze
ˈæn lˌaɪzan·a·lyze

Princeton's WordNet(4.46 / 15 votes)Rate this definition:

1. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas(verb)

   consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

   "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

2. analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart(verb)

   make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

   "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"

3. analyze, analyse(verb)

   break down into components or essential features

   "analyze today's financial market"

4. analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse(verb)

   subject to psychoanalytic treatment

   "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. analyze(Verb)

   To subject to analysis.

   Etymology: Back formation from analysis, from analyser, from analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύσις, from λύω.

2. analyze(Verb)

   To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

   Etymology: Back formation from analysis, from analyser, from analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύσις, from λύω.

3. analyze(Verb)

   To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

   Etymology: Back formation from analysis, from analyser, from analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύσις, from λύω.

4. analyze(Verb)

   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.

   Etymology: Back formation from analysis, from analyser, from analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύσις, from λύω.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Analyze(verb)

   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

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1. analyze

   To review in detail.

   They chose to analyze the business plan in detail.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 15, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of analyze in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of analyze in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of analyze in a Sentence

1. Melanie Bailey:

   And our method of analysis is so quick - it literally takes two minutes to analyze a fingerprint sample.

2. Prashant Agarwal:

   We often prevaricate, think and overthink, and hold ourselves back from going for the things we want to achieve most in life. The main reason for this is we tend to analyze our circumstances too much and end up thinking, “This is not the right time!”. We wait, we evaluate and stay cocooned in the illusion that we should delay until circumstances change for the better. Little do we understand that “Time and Tide Waits for None!” Circumstances will not change themselves, the best time will never come, we have to CREATE the right time, and the best time is RIGHT NOW! So go ahead, take the bull by its horns and make NOW the BEST time that ever could be.

3. David Stiver:

   There is not now, nor have I ever been given, the opportunity to contest the Senate District 10 Executive Committee's math, analyze the vote totals, review the email communications, texts, or phone records to determine whether what they say is true and factual.

4. Justice Minister Pierre-Richard Casimir:

   We are asking the Supreme Court to analyze the case and we will wait for the decision.

5. Hanbyul Joo:

   The main purpose of this system is to analyze very interesting dynamic movements or dynamics things such as a sports players' motion, using our system we can compare those movements so we can see how to teach the right motion to people.

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