analyse

an·a·lyse  (n-lz)

v. Chiefly British

Variant of analyze.

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analyse or US -lyze [an-nal-lize]

Verb

[-lysing, -lysed] or -lyzing, -lyzed

1. to examine (something) in detail in order to discover its meaning or essential features

2. to break (something) down into its components

3. to psychoanalyse (someone)

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	analyse - 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" analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas anatomize - analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior" diagnose, name - determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis diagnose - subject to a medical analysis survey, appraise - consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" survey - make a survey of; for statistical purposes compare - examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" assay - analyze (chemical substances) reexamine, review - look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" audit, scrutinise, scrutinize, inspect - examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" screen - examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" investigate, look into - investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" sieve, sift - check and sort carefully; "sift the information" look at, view, consider - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"
	2.	analyse - break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" analyze factor analyse, factor analyze - to perform a factor analysis of correlational data
	3.	analyse - 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" analyze, break down, dissect, take apart parse - analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) botanise, botanize - collect and study plants
	4.	analyse - subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze, analyze psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

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analyse

verb 1. examine, test, study, research, judge, estimate, survey, investigate, interpret, evaluate, inspect, work over

verb 2. break down, consider, study, separate, divide, resolve, dissolve, dissect, think through, assay, anatomize

Translations

analyse [ˈænəlaɪz] vt (BRIT) → analizar

analyse (US), analyze [ˈænəlaɪz] vt → analyser

analyse (US) analyze [ˈænəlaɪz] vt → analysieren;

(Chem, Med) → untersuchen;

(person) → psychoanalytisch behandeln

analyse [ˈænəlaɪz] vt (BRIT) → analizzare