analyst

American  

[an-l-ist] / ˈæn l ɪst /

noun

1. a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.

2. a psychoanalyst.

3. Computers. systems analyst.

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analyst British  

/ ˈænəlɪst /

noun

1. a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis

2. short for psychoanalyst See psychoanalyst

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Etymology

Origin of analyst

1650–60; < French analyste, equivalent to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste

Example Sentences

Some industry analysts and locals, though, say the plans sound unrealistic and the time frame is overly ambitious—at least for now.

From The Wall Street Journal

For an individual stock, this would be the share price divided by the consensus earnings-per-share estimate among analysts for the next 12 months.

From MarketWatch

But tens of thousands of Iranians possess the satellite terminals, analysts and activists say, using them to maintain contact with like-minded citizens and share information outside the control of government firewalls and censors.

From The Wall Street Journal

But analysts said Sanofi had recently suffered setbacks in drug development, and its share price has lost a fourth of its value over the past year.

From Barron's

The huge loss is twice as much as analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted.

From Barron's

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