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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

"The DA will use the win as part of their campaign but if you analyse it, they won with eight votes. It was a very tight contest," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Now compare this to the Premier League, where Sky Sports' and TNT Sports' first responsibility is to analyse an incident, show it from every possible angle.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Nash said: "I was taken aback that we were able to date it and analyse the pigments. This is an exciting rediscovery, significant in understanding what was going on in Wales in the deep past."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

"These humanoid robots can analyse that and they will just keep on working."

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

She can cut to the nub of a problem, dissect and analyse it in the time it takes other people to say good morning.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Known as an innovative and enthusiastic coach, Barry also specialises in set-pieces and he wrote a dissertation as part of his Pro Licence for which he analysed 17,000 throw-ins.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Since 2020, South Korea has led growth in real average wealth per adult across the 56 analysed markets, with gains above 50 percent.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Of the nearly 850 cities in Europe analysed in the study, some 45 percent had broken -- or were expected to break -- their all-time heat stress records in June, the study said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Ship-tracking data analysed by BBC Verify shows more than 200 tankers appear to be waiting inside the strait on Tuesday, with at least 10 ships moving west into the Gulf so far.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

He would thus have been familiar with the basic principle that objects appear smaller as they recede into the distance, a principle analysed by Euclid, and familiar in the Middle Ages.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Their work has included underwater camera surveys, drone monitoring, analysing egg cases, and research with local anglers.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

We estimated this by analysing whole-genome DNA to reconstruct when populations split and how much they exchanged genes in the past.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Investigators "seized electronic data from the commission's servers and is now analysing the material obtained", he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

"I looked at all the teams that play the World Cup for the least-known player and, after analysing one by one, I found it," Scarsini said on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Both these criticisms might be met by the method of analysing the use made of certain leading words.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman