Definition of 'analyse'

Verb

1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
      Synonyms: analyze study examine canvass canvas
2. break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"
      Synonyms: analyze
3. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
      Synonyms: analyze break down dissect take apart
      Antonyms: synthesize synthesise
4. subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
      Synonyms: analyze psychoanalyze psychoanalyse

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