analyze

analyze
analyzable, adj.analyzabilisylty, n.analyzation, n.
/an"l uyz'/, v.t., analyzed, analyzing.
1. to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
2. to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of: to analyze a poem.
3. to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
4. to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., analysis.
5. to psychoanalyze: a patient who has been analyzed by two therapists.
Also, esp. Brit., analyse.
[1595-1605; back formation from ANALYSIS (or from its L or Gk sources), with -ys- taken as -IZE]
Syn. 1. break down. 2. explicate.
Ant. 1. synthesize.

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