analyst
Americannoun
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analysts
plural
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a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
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Computers. systems analyst.
noun
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a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
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short for psychoanalyst See psychoanalyst
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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Mandeep Singh, a senior industry analyst for technology at Bloomberg Intelligence, said worries about destructive AI predated large language models like Anthropic’s Claude.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Now that they are there, they're going to be entrenched," Hisham al-Omeisi, senior analyst at the Brussels-based European Institute of Peace, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That matched analyst expectations and was even with July’s 3.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Friday, Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale launched coverage of Rocket Lab stock with a Buy rating and $80 price target.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Eisman spoke often to a housing market analyst at Credit Suisse named Ivy Zelman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The pipeline has been moving 4% to 5% of global oil supply, news agency Reuters has reported, citing ship tracking companies and analysts.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Recent comments from key RBA officials have strengthened expectations that the central bank will deliver its fourth rate increase this month, with some analysts predicting a fifth in November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The commercial importance of diesel makes this rise particularly alarming, with more obvious potential for high diesel prices to bleed into broader inflation than for crude,” analysts at Wolfe Research said in a note Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Behind the tentative steps by Xi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ease tensions, analysts say, is the uncertainty in each country’s own relationship with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then it cuts to five game analysts sitting around in the top tier of the Tokyo Dome, in a heated debate over which team would win and why.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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