analyze

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
  2. verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
  3. verb break down into components or essential features

Etymology

Probably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω (lúō, “to unfasten”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas

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