Analyze meaning

What does “analyze” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“analyze” is a verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.

analyze

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”
Synonymsanalyse study examine canvass
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
“analyze a specimen”
“analyze a sentence”
Synonymsanalyse break down dissect take apart
Oppositessynthesize
break down into components or essential features
“analyze today's financial market”
Synonymsanalyse
subject to psychoanalytic treatment
“I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist”
Synonymsanalyse psychoanalyze psychoanalyse

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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