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1. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   "analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyse the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyse your real motives"
   - analyze [N. Amer], study, examine, canvass, canvas
    
2. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
   "analyse a specimen"; "analyse a sentence"; "analyse a chemical compound"
   - analyze [N. Amer], break down, dissect, take apart
    
3. Break down into components or essential features
   "analyse today's financial market"
   - analyze [N. Amer]
    
4. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment
   "I was analysed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
   - analyze [N. Amer], psychoanalyze [N. Amer], psychoanalyse [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: analysing, analysed

See also: analyser [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: care for, treat

Encyclopedia: Analyse