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

• analysable adjective
• analysation noun
• analyser noun

Etymology

Origin of analyse

C17: back formation from _analysis

Example Sentences

A leading forensic genetics expert, who has analysed all the family's tests, told us it is unlikely that either child is biologically related to donor Finn.

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"Investing should be for the longer term and any scheme that is promising lofty returns should be really scrutinised and analysed," she said.

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Police officers are analysing skid marks on Jupiter Island's 30mph South Beach Road to gauge the speed of the 82-time tour winner's car while attempting his ill-fated overtake manoeuvre.

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We've gathered eyewitness testimony, filmed the aftermath of strikes and analysed footage from social media and satellite imagery.

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"I visited nearly 80 to 100 farms. Spoke to farmers, understood the challenges, profits and risks, and made my own analysis — almost like analysing stocks," he says.

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