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Vinony

analyze

verb

  1. process of applying analytical methods to existing data of a specific type, breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it
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Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/ / /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ / [ˈɛən.əˌlaɪz]

verb

Etymology: Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun 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”).

  1. To subject to analysis.

    “This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]”

    “The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results.”

  2. To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

    “analyze a problem”

  3. To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
  4. 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.