analyseverb [ T ]
UK US analyze uk/ˈæn.əl.aɪz/us/ˈæn.əl.aɪz/B2 to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it:
Researchers analysed the purchases of 6,300 households.
Water samples taken from streams were analysed for contamination by chemicals.
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- The data was analysed according to neighbourhoods, but other key variables like credit rating, job history, savings and marital status were ignored altogether.
- A packet of white powder was found and police scientists are analysing it.
- The report was written after analysing data from the case histories of thousands of patients.
- The blood samples were sent to the lab to be analysed.
- This software is used to analyse marketing data.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- arbitrate
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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