analyse

Other spellings

• (US) analyze

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/

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• Hyphenation: an‧a‧lyse

Verb

Plain form analyse

Third-person singular analyses

Past tense analysed

Past participle analysed

Present participle analysing

1. (transitive) If you analyse something, you study it carefully to understand it, often to see what it is made of.

   They can make up questions, collect field data, and analyse that data on their computers.

   The dust was analysed to determine its chemical contents.

Related words

• analyser
• analysis
• analyst
• analytic
• analytical
• analytically