Dictionary

1. (

• analyze ,
• analyse ,
• study ,
• examine ,
• canvass ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• analyze ,
• analyse ,
• break_down ,
• dissect ,
• take_apart

) 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" ;

3. (

• analyze ,
• analyse ,

) break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" ;

4. (

• analyze ,
• analyse ,
• psychoanalyze ,
• psychoanalyse

) subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" ;