analyst
Americannoun
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a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
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short for psychoanalyst See psychoanalyst
Etymology
Origin of analyst
1650–60; < French analyste, equivalent to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste
Explanation
Analyst means someone who looks over data and comes to a conclusion regarding its meaning, as in “My stock analyst had looked at all of the market data and said that the future was bright for my investments.” There are many different types of analysts. Stock analysts predict whether the stock market will rise or fall. Systems analysts look at how computers can be integrated into a business to make it run more efficiently. Analyst is also the shortened form of psychoanalyst––someone who helps make sense of your emotional life.
Vocabulary lists containing analyst
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Example Sentences
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UBS analyst Tim Arcuri estimates that such contracts will cover as much as 30% of shipments of total dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, next year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He repeated the wrong-on-fashion,right-on-economy message when asked by an analyst about Old Navy: “Look, on Old Navy, we are not seeing this as a consumer issue.”
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Oppenheimer analyst Ken Wong was also optimistic about the MaintainX deal, seeing operations as a “natural extension’ of Autodesk’s role in the design and building process.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Revenue grew 25% to $687.6 million, beating the analyst consensus call for $664.5 million, according to FactSet.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
When the patient doesn’t react in the predicted way, but in a very different manner, the analyst may attribute the opposite behavior to “reaction-formation.”
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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