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analyze.

To subject to analysis.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/Received-Pronunciation/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈɛən.əˌlaɪz]Canadian, General-American, Standard[ˈæ(ː)nəˌlaɪz]Canadian, Western
  1. To subject to analysis.

    US · transitive
  2. To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

    US · transitive
    analyze a problem
  3. To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

    US · transitive
  4. To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

    US · transitive
Where this word comes from

Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).

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