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• a variation of analyze.

analyse

American  

[an-l-ahyz] / ˈæn lˌaɪz /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British.

analysed, analysing

1. a variant of analyze.

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analyse British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• analysation
  noun
• analyser
  noun
• analysable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of analyse

C17: back formation from _analysis

Explanation

To analyse (analyze is U.S. English) something is to consider it in detail so you can figure out its workings or meaning. Analyse comes from Greek roots meaning "loosen." If you analyse something, it's as if you're untying it and letting the different parts separate so that you can study them. If you've got some mystery substance, you can analyse it by performing chemical reactions to break it into its parts. If you analyse a poem, you look at it word-by-word and even sound-by-sound. But remember that analyse is a British spelling, with analyze as the American version.

Example Sentences

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analyse analysed analysing

"We analyse that something is physically strong enough, it's well built enough to survive this environment, it's going to have the traction to drive in this environment," he explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

"In a year we would analyse 1,000-1,500 samples, often in case of paternity or crime scenes," said Mukul Pradhan, chief scientific officer at the National Forensic Science Laboratory.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We need to analyse the skeletons and find out how these people died. Then we have to carry out DNA tests," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

He added: "I know that probably I have to take the right decisions for them to show their best level, so it's something that I will analyse and learn from today."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mr Graham would always take the view that this 'dignity' was something like a woman's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

That became evident only after the animals were dissected and genetically analysed in the field laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The government, he insists, has also asked the families to give their DNA so that it can be analysed later with the remains.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The mountain section whose collapse triggered fatal floods in Nepal and China on August 26 had experienced unprecedented heat for the time of year, meteorological data analysed by a researcher shows.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

A lack of radiologists in Northern Ireland meant scans had to be sent to Australia to be analysed, leading to further delay, he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Borelli treated the body as a system of levers acted on by the forces exerted by the muscles, and analysed geometrically how muscles in the human body acted in walking and running.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

In a statement, Metro said it still formally owned the company but no longer had "operational control over its Russian subsidiary" and was analysing what the decision meant for the company.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

We identified more than 12,000 fossils by analysing the organic residue left behind by this dissolution under a microscope.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Pangram claims it is able to "detect AI text by analysing and understanding subtle cues in the writing".

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Critics of Pangram and other AI-detectors say they are unreliable – with different programmes often giving different results after analysing the same texts.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I thanked him for the compliment, but, analysing the saying since, I am not so sure that the commendation I accepted was really proffered to me.

From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry