analyse

[an-l-ahyz]

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British.

analysed, analysing 

1. a variant of analyze.

analyse

/ ˈænəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc

2. to break down into components or essential features

   to analyse a financial structure

3. to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of

4. another word for psychoanalyse

Other Word Forms

• analysation noun
• analyser noun
• analysable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of analyse¹

C17: back formation from _analysis

Example Sentences

"It's important to really analyse your squad, look for the strengths and abilities you are missing or you want to add."

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The team analysed 151 studies of 30 drugs commonly used in depression, involving more than 58,500 patients.

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Here we analyse what Liverpool are missing this season in Alexander-Arnold's absence.

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Painstaking forensic work - including from an entomologist who analysed insect activity on the body - gave an estimate of when he had died.

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Dr Morse references a Yale University study from 2023 analysing the risk of death for opioid users in a treatment programme compared to people not in treatment.

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