Associations to the word «Analyze»

Wiktionary

ANALYZE, verb. (transitive) To subject to analysis.
ANALYZE, verb. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
ANALYZE, verb. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
ANALYZE, verb. (transitive) 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.

Dictionary definition

ANALYZE, verb. 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, verb. 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, verb. Break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market".
ANALYZE, verb. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist".

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle