Meaning of 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"

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"

break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market"

subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"