analyze

Other spellings

• (UK) analyse

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/

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• Hyphenation: an‧a‧lyze

Verb

Plain form analyze

Third-person singular analyzes

Past tense analyzed

Past participle analyzed

Present participle analyzing

1. (transitive) If you analyze something, you study it carefully to understand it, often to see what it is made of.

   They can make up questions, collect field data, and analyze that data on their computers.

   The dust was analyzed to determine its chemical contents.

Related words

• analyzer
• analysis
• analyst
• analytic
• analytical
• analytically