analyze
/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.84 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
American usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]"
- "The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results."
- "The phase structure of the fabricated nanophosphor samples was analyzed by using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD; Mac Science, M18XHF-SRA) with Cu Kα ( λ = 1.5402 Å) radiation, and the JADE software was applied to analyze the XRD data."
- "When sensors record a gunlike noise in, say, Cape Town or Chicago, software analyzes it for the sonic signatures of gunfire, and within seconds Beisner and his team listen to those audio files and look at those recorded waveforms at their office in Newark, Calif."
- "analyze a problem"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/
- British English: /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/
Usage
- American usage
- Transitive verb