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analyze

verb
/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/UK/ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/US/ˈæ(ː)nəˌlaɪz/

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”).

  1. derived from ἀνάλυσις — “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”
  2. derived from analysis
  3. derived from analyser

Definitions

  1. To subject to analysis.

    • 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.

  2. To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

    • analyze a problem

  3. To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each…

    To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined

      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.

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Derived

analyzability, analysability, analyzable, analysable, analyzation, analyzer, analyser, bioanalyze, coanalyze, cryptanalyze, microanalyze, misanalyze, overanalyze, preanalyze, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse, reanalyze, subanalyze

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at analyze. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01analyze02resolve03notions04notion05apprehension06understanding07intelligence08understand09parsed10parse

A definitional loop anchored at analyze. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at analyze

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA