Crossword Dictionary
Analyze
analyze, analyse - v
break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"
Synonyms
anatomize, assay, break down, cut, deconstruct, dissect
Examples
The goal is to analyze more data, from a wider variety of sources, in a shorter amount of time.
I really don't know what sort of girl she is; I can't analyze her at all.
I need for you to analyze the dynamics of the controlled reverse flow reactor.
Etymology
c. 1600, of material things, "to dissect, take to pieces," from French analyser, from the noun analyse "analysis" (see analysis). Of literature, "examine critically to get the essence of," from 1610s; meaning in chemistry ("resolve a compound into elements") dates from 1660s. General sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. Related: Analyzed; analyzing.