analyze
Americanverb (used with object)
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to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize).
to analyze an argument.
- Synonyms:
- break down.
- Antonyms:
- synthesize
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to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of.
to analyze a poem.
- Synonyms:
- explicate
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to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
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to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis.
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to psychoanalyze.
a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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analyzabilitynoun
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analyzationnoun
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overanalyzeverb
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misanalyzeverb (used with object)
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reanalyzeverb (used with object)
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analyzableadjective
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nonanalyzableadjective
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nonanalyzedadjective
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reanalyzableadjective
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unanalyzableadjective
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unanalyzedadjective
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unanalyzingadjective
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well-analyzedadjective
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unanalyzablyadverb
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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analyzesimple
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analyzessimple
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have analyzedperfect
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has analyzedperfect
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am analyzingprogressive
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are analyzingprogressive
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is analyzingprogressive
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have been analyzingperfect progressive
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has been analyzingperfect progressive
Past
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analyzedsimple
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had analyzedperfect
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was analyzingprogressive
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were analyzingprogressive
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had been analyzingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of analyze
First recorded in 1595–1605; back formation from analysis (or from its Latin or Greek sources), with -ys- taken as -ize
Explanation
Analyze means to study or examine something carefully in a methodical way. If you analyze your math tests from earlier in the year, you'll be able to figure out what you most need to study for the final exam. This verb analyze comes from the noun analysis. The noun analysis was in turn borrowed from Greek, from analyein, or "to dissolve." If you go into analysis, it means that you will be examined and helped by a mental health professional — who will analyze your particular problems and help you find solutions.
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Example Sentences
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Oral-health experts are also turning to AI to analyze the growing amount of data from patients’ mouths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Immediately, I thought of how many of my peers complained that her assignments were too difficult, and her film choices were too unconventional to analyze easily, even for college-level writers.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nicholas Vargas, an associate professor at UC Berkeley and one of the study’s co-authors, said that researchers hadn’t sought out to analyze the mental health impact but that it came up repeatedly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The bill also creates serious privacy and security risks by giving third parties access to analyze designer’s files. That threatens intellectual property and adds digital surveillance in a state that values data privacy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
I had begun to analyze the struggle in different terms.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Baker analyzes how the rise of banking and insurance in 15th and 16th century Italy transformed beliefs about time, risk, and luck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Warsh last week announced he would create five task forces to re-examine how the central bank communicates, analyzes data and manages its asset portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“That would be a soft opening for a superhero movie and would put it on track for maybe $200 million worldwide,” said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research, which analyzes box-office data.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The new study analyzes dozens of fossils to examine the evolution between fish and tetrapods, or four-legged animals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
You fill out a survey, a computer analyzes your answers, then it cross-references with the other surveys.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
The company analyzed international views of for-sale listings between January and March 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Paul, the newsroom’s expert on demographics, compiled and analyzed a decade of census data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Mineral pigments, however, usually contain no carbon and therefore cannot be analyzed in the same way.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Hoell and his colleagues analyzed nearly four decades of El Niño and La Niña oscillations and wildfire burn areas to understand how often the fire season mirrors the climate cycle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“They were analyzed before being grown in my laboratory,” Gartler responded.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
The technology underlying chatbots such as Claude and ChatGPT uses patterns in data by analyzing vast quantities of digital text and video from the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The team used spectroscopy, a method that reveals a star's chemical composition by analyzing its light, to search TOI-5882 for signs of lithium.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
They reached their conclusions after analyzing trading histories of more than 5,000 individual prediction market contracts on Polymarket and Kalshi between October 2025 and this February.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Mr. Ely provides a few sentences of transcribed testimony before analyzing the case’s factual details and deciphering any unusual language from the period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
For more advanced practice, look for music theory books that focus entirely on harmony or that spend plenty of time analyzing harmonies in real music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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