analyse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
    canvas; study; examine; canvass; analyze.
    • analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare
    • analyze the evidence in a criminal trial
    • analyze your real motives
  2. verb break down into components or essential features
    analyze.
    • analyze today's financial market
  3. verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    take apart; dissect; analyze; break down.
    • analyze a specimen
    • analyze a sentence
    • analyze a chemical compound
  4. verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
    psychoanalyse; analyze; psychoanalyze.
    • I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

WordNet


An"a*lyse verb, An"a*ly`ser noun (Also<
  • Analyse
  • Analyser
)
Definitions
  1. Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.

Webster 1913