analyze
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analyze
- /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/ UK
- /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ Canadian, US, Standard
- [ˈɛən.əˌlaɪz] Canadian, US, Standard
- [ˈæ(ː)nəˌlaɪz] Canadian, Western
- [ˈɑnələi̯z]
- [ˈanələi̯z]
- /ˈæn.ə.lɑez/ Australia
- /ˈæn.lɑez/ Australia
- /ˈɛn.ə.laɪz/ New Zealand
- [ˈɛn.ə.lɑe̯z] New Zealand
Where it comes from
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”).
verb analyzes · analyzing · analyzed · analyse
- To subject to analysis. This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]
- To resolve (anything complex) into its elements. analyze a problem
- 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, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: study, examine, analyse, take apart, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, break down, dissect, analysis, analytically, identify, determine, analytical, interpret, analyser, review
Translations
Every language
verb to subject to analysis
| Español | analizar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 분석하다 bunseokhada |
| 日本語 | 分析する bunseki suru |
| 中文 | 分析 fēnxī |
| हिन्दी | विश्लेषण करना viśleṣaṇ karnā |
| Português | analisar |
| Français | analyser |
| Deutsch | analysieren |
| Italiano | analizzare |
| Ελληνικά | αναλύω analýo |
| Română | analiza |
| Русский | анализи́ровать analizírovatʹ, проанализи́ровать proanalizírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | phân tích |
| العربية | حَلَّلَ ḥallala |
Talk about this word "analyze." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/analyze. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. analyze. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/analyze "analyze." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/analyze.Cite this
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title = {analyze},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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