analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment; “I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist”
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart
(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; “analyze a specimen”; “analyze a sentence”; “analyze a chemical compound”
analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass
(verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; “analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”; “analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; “analyze your real motives”
analyze, analyse
(verb) break down into components or essential features; “analyze today’s financial market”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
analyze (third-person singular simple present analyzes, present participle analyzing, simple past and past participle analyzed) (American spelling)
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
• According to the third edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage, both analyze and the British spelling analyse are equally indefensible from an etymological perspective. The correct but now impossible form should have been *analysize.
Source: Wiktionary
An"a*lyze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Analyzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing.] Etym: [Cf. F. analyser. See Analysis.]
Definition: To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
