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

"You can be sure that other teams will be analysing us so we need to keep improving our tactics and playing style so that we can outsmart them."

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In a statement it said it would analyse whether the two "act as important gateways between businesses and consumers, despite not meeting the DMA gatekeeper thresholds for size, user number and market position".

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Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death.

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To understand what happened, BBC Verify has analysed, geolocated and confirmed footage, building a clearer picture of how police responded to the demonstrations.

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You can bet Alcaraz and his team - led by former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero - will be forensically analysing what they can improve when they hit the practice courts.

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