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analyze

an·a·lyze [ ánn'l z ] (past and past participle an·a·lyzed, present participle an·a·lyz·ing, 3rd person present singular an·a·lyz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. study something closely: to examine something in great detail in order to understand it better or discover more about it

2. break something down into components: to find out what something is made up of by identifying its constituent parts

3. examine structure: to study the structure of something or how its constituent parts are put together

4. grammar express something using function words: to express grammatical relationships by using function words or word order rather than inflectional endings

5. psychiatry 
Same as  psychoanalyze


[Early 17th century. Perhaps back-formation <analysis, or < French analyse "analysis" used as a verb; reinforced byFrenchanalyser "analyze"]

an·a·lyz·a·ble adjective
an·a·ly·za·tion [ ànn'li záysh'n ] noun
an·a·lyz·er [ ánn'l zər ] noun
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