analysis

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
  2. noun the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
  3. noun a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

Etymology

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unravel, investigate”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + λύω (lúō, “to loosen”).

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