analyst
Pluralanalysts
- 1A person who studies something carefully to understand its parts and how it works.
Like a detective who takes a problem apart piece by piece to see what is really going on.
The analyst spent weeks going over the test results before sharing what she found.
Crime analysts look for patterns in police reports from across the city.
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- 2A person whose job is to study companies, markets, or money and give advice about them.
The analyst said the company's stock would probably rise this year.
Before the meeting, an analyst prepared a report on last quarter's sales.
- 3A kind of therapist who helps people explore hidden thoughts and feelings by talking about them.
Like a guide who helps you explore rooms in your own mind that you forgot were there.
She sees her analyst twice a week to talk about dreams and childhood memories.
He trained for years before he could treat patients as an analyst.
Similarpsychoanalyst, therapist
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- 4A person whose job is to study a company's computer systems and make them work better.
The analyst mapped out how orders move from the website to the warehouse software.
Before any code was written, the team's analyst asked the staff what the old system couldn't do.
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- 5A person who likes to think things through step by step instead of guessing.
Like someone who reads the whole map before starting the trip.
My dad is a real analyst. He compares prices and reviews before buying anything.
She's the analyst of our group, always asking how a plan could go wrong.
Similarthinker
- 6A mathematician who works in a part of math that studies limits and smooth change.
The analyst on the math faculty proved a new result about infinite sums.
Her brother loves geometry, but she became an analyst and works with limits and functions.
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Origin
This word comes from the French word "analyste."