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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

His staff logically analyse every match in detail and learn what the adjustments are.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Instead, after extending the consultation, the Minister announced plans to create a task-and-finish group to analyse the responses - more than 3,000 of them - and come back with new proposals.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

"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

Jon argues the issue is being taken far more seriously elsewhere, particularly in the US, where dedicated Pentagon units now analyse reported UAP encounters.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Mr Graham would always take the view that this 'dignity' was something like a woman's beauty and it was thus pointless to attempt to analyse it.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

"This Nvidia employee was identified as a person involved in the case after investigators analysed the relevant evidence following the previous round of searches targeting Super Micro," the source told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

And last season alone, Liverpool analysed almost 700,000 ticket registrations, with 67,663 suspected fake accounts blocked or cancelled, and a further 121,379 accounts currently under investigation.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

We've analysed BBC iPlayer viewing figures to see where the tournament has been most popular.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

“Detecting! You have analysed, then. And what did you detect, if not gratitude?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

This queer temper of mind is not indeed worth analysing; nevertheless, it is peculiar to a certain sort of clever young fellows, and Granville Bligh was a very fair specimen of the clever young fellow.

From A Bride from the Bush by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)