analyze meaning and definition

ANALYZE verb

Definition of analyze (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: analyse, canvas, canvass, examine, study
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"
   • synonyms: analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
   • antonym: synthesise
3. break down into components or essential features
   • "analyze today's financial market"
   • synonyms: analyse
4. subject to psychoanalytic treatment
   • "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
   • synonyms: analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze