analyse meaning

analyse as a verb

1. 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

   Synonyms: analyze, study, examine, canvass

   Kinds: anatomize, diagnose, survey, compare, check, assay, review, audit, screen, trace, investigate, sieve

   Related forms: analyser

2. break down into components or essential features
   • analyze today's financial market

   Synonyms: analyze

   Kinds: factor analyse

3. 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

   Synonyms: analyze, break down, dissect, take apart

   Kinds: parse, botanize

   Related forms: analyser

4. subject to psychoanalytic treatment
   • I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

   Synonyms: analyze, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse

   Type of: treat

How to pronounce analyse

analyse is pronounced /ˈænəlaɪz/ in British English and /ˈænəlaɪz/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.