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Meaning of 'Analyze' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Analyze [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'Analyze' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . analyze [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
Example in sentence:
  • analyze a chemical compound;
  • analyze a sentence;
  • analyze a specimen
Meaning (2):
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Example in sentence:
  • analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare;
  • analyze the evidence in a criminal trial;
  • analyze your real motives
Meaning (3):
- break down into components or essential features
Example in sentence:
  • analyze today's financial market
Meaning (4):
- subject to psychoanalytic treatment
Example in sentence:
  • I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

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