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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

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Etymology

Origin of analyse

C17: back formation from _analysis

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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

Collins' English Dictionary managing director Alex Beecroft said its lexicographers look at "how often words are used" and also "analyse patterns of usage" that reveal the latest linguistic trends.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

"We need to analyse what we can do better and try to move on."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

"It would be exciting to also obtain this material to analyse it in my laboratory," she says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

"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

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

They found all five nucleobases in the two Ryugu samples they analysed, in roughly similar amounts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The team of scientists behind it said the true number of people under threat could be much higher, as they only analysed a specific territory and not neighbouring areas which face similar risks.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

It is the result of two years of research by the FA in conjunction with Liverpool John Moores University, where over 400 games from under-6 to under-14 level were analysed.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Instead, archaeologists analysed the shape of the amphorae.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Radio programmes analysed the merits of different interpretations of the same pieces, while there were always new reasons to hear, say, Mozart afresh, thanks to the selling point of newly researched performance techniques.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Fires in Indonesia burned through over 1.9 million hectares between January and the end of September this year, a monitor analysing satellite imagery said on Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fires in Indonesia that have caused a regional haze crisis burned through over 1.9 million hectares between January and the end of September this year, a monitor analysing satellite imagery said on Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We do a lot of work in analysing the right clubs, coaches, leagues, understanding how complex it is, to find the right destination," Cave added.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

By analysing and by synthesising, by determining the spiritual unity without disconnecting or in any way dissociating its intrinsic ideal determinations, we strive to represent the ideal of education.

From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

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