analyse

[ an-l-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, Chiefly British.

, an·a·lysed, an·a·lys·ing.

1. a variant of analyze.

analyse

/ ˈænəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc
2. to break down into components or essential features

   to analyse a financial structure

3. to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, analysis of
4. See psychoanalyse
   another word for psychoanalyse

Derived Forms

• ˈanaˌlyser, noun
• ˌanaˈlysable, adjective
• ˌanalyˈsation, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of analyse¹

C17: back formation from analysis

Example Sentences

When users perform searches and interact with websites on Google’s index, Google analyses its users behavior and often runs multiple recurrent tests, in order to make sure it is aligned with their intents and needs.

From Search Engine Land

“OTT-Brasil’s main mission is to remove all citizens from organized gang looting routes, false police blitzes, and stray bullets, with information that is collected, analysed, and disseminated in a very short period of time,” he says.

From MIT Technology Review

A handy way to analyse this is through N-gram analysis reporting.

From Search Engine Land

They then analysed the combined data on body shape measures, looking at waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-thigh ratio, and waist and thigh circumference – in other words, all the areas where a person naturally stores fat.

From No Straight News

Now it feels like every operation we analyse tries this at least once.

From Singularity Hub 

Analyse him with syntax and dictionary, and you will find "mistakes" and startling neology.

From Project Gutenberg

Analyse the causes that the ludicrous weakens memory, and laughter, mechanically, makes it difficult to remember a good story.

From Project Gutenberg

Analyse the seeds with the finest tools, and let the solar microscope come in aid of your senses, what do you find?

From Project Gutenberg

About the earliest as well as one of his most important separate works is Anleitung zur Analyse organischen, Korper, 1837.

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Analyse this statement in its bearing upon the play-producing societies.

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