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

PAN Europe, a coalition of NGOs campaigning against pesticide use, had around 60 apples randomly purchased in 13 European countries -- including France, Spain, Italy and Poland -- analysed for chemical residues.

From Barron's

At the start of the season, football data statisticians Opta analysed, external every team's Champions League fixtures and ranked them all to work out who had the kindest draw.

From BBC

AlphaGenome can analyse one million letters of code at a time, helping to unravel the 'dark genome'.

From BBC

The phone then records what it hears and sends the recording to Google's servers where it can be analysed.

From BBC

The CSJ used the Office for National Statistics' Labour Force Survey, in combination with data from the Department for Work and Pensions, to analyse figures from before and after the Covid pandemic.

From BBC