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

The new recommendations are based on evidence from 75 clinical trials - all those available - which have been analysed by a panel of experts.

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So, when the two teams of researchers analysed their data, they were surprised to find something unique that other young galaxies did not have.

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It has only recently been fully analysed by experts and a paper published identifying it as a new species of ichthyosaur.

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Because nobody in the village was willing to take the risk of having a look at my house, I asked my BBC Verify colleague Richard Irvine-Brown to obtain and analyse recent satellite images.

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Bellamy has always watched and analysed football obsessively - from the World Cups he followed as a boy to the endless hours of opposition footage that he consumes as a coach.

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