analyze

B1 Topic:Mind & Cognition

Also spelled analyse, analysed, and analysing

US /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ UK /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #9602

Meanings

1

verb
To study something carefully in detail in order to understand it.

You should analyze a poem line by line to grasp its meaning.
2

verb
To examine something to find out what it is made of.

Scientists analyzed the water to check for pollution.

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1 verb · to study something... study examine

2 verb · to examine something to... break down

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Forms analyzedanalyzesanalyzingunanalysableunanalyzable

Derived forms analysabilityanalysableanalyseranalyzabilityanalyzableanalyzationanalyzerbioanalyzecoanalyzecryptanalyzemicroanalyzemisanalyze

Related forms analysis analyst analytic analytical

Etymology

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”).

analyser Middle French analysis la-med ἀνάλυσις Ancient Greek

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# analyze

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 9602

## Meanings
1. To study something carefully in detail in order to understand it.
2. To examine something to find out what it is made of.

## Examples
- You should analyze a poem line by line to grasp its meaning.
- Scientists analyzed the water to check for pollution.

## Derived Forms
- analysability
- analysable
- analyser
- analyzability
- analyzable
- analyzation
- analyzer
- bioanalyze
- coanalyze
- cryptanalyze
- microanalyze
- misanalyze

## Related Forms
- analysis
- analyst
- analytic
- analytical

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: analyser
- Root: analysis
- Root: ἀνάλυσις

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis plus -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”) plus λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).

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- Mind & Cognition

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