analyse

American

[an-l-ahyz] / ˈæn lˌaɪz /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British.

analysed, analysing

a variant of analyze.

analyse British

/ ˈænəˌlaɪz /

verb

to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc
to break down into components or essential features

to analyse a financial structure
to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of
another word for psychoanalyse

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Other Word Forms

analysable adjective
analysation noun
analyser noun

Etymology

Origin of analyse

C17: back formation from _analysis

Example Sentences

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The regularity of England being forced to analyse an away Ashes hammering inevitably leads to recurring themes.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

AI software was used to analyse commercially available drone footage of crowds at the causeway, which is near Bushmills, County Antrim.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The Kremlin said Tuesday that it would analyse the problems the outages pose for businesses.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Vishnevskiy said this system "does not read your messages, analyse your conversations, or look at the content you post" in order to determine your age.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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