analyst
noun OPAL W
/ˈænəlɪst/
/ˈænəlɪst/
- a person whose job involves examining facts or materials in order to give an opinion on them
- a political/financial analyst
- a food/market analyst
- He's a senior research analyst at Deutsche Bank.
- analysts expect/predict…
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year.
- according to an analyst According to music industry analysts, music downloads are set to decline by as much as 30 per cent this year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2, Businessb2- a leading business analyst
- She's an investment analyst with a big City firm.
- This view is backed up by several independent political analysts in Washington.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- leading
- principal
- senior
- …
- analyst of
- (also psychoanalyst)a person who treats patients using psychoanalysis
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French analyste, from the verb analyser, from medieval Latin analysis from Greek analusis, from analuein ‘unloose’, from ana- ‘up’ + luein ‘loosen’.