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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"
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine, canvass, canvas
    
2. 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"
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], break down, dissect, take apart
    
3. Break down into components or essential features
   "analyze today's financial market"
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment
   "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
   - analyse [Brit, Cdn], psychoanalyze [N. Amer], psychoanalyse [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: analyzed, analyzing, analyzes

See also: analysis, analyst, analyzer [N. Amer]

Type of: care for, treat

Antonym: synthesize

Encyclopedia: Analyze