# analyze

Pronunciation: say "AN-uh-lyz" US /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, UK /ˈæn.ə.laɪz/

## Verb

1. To examine something methodically and in detail, especially to find out what it is made of, how it works, or what it means.
   - Simple: To study something carefully and in detail to understand it or find out what is in it.
   - _Lab technicians analyze the city's tap water every week to make sure it is safe._
   - _The committee analyzed the proposal in considerable detail._
2. To break down anything complex into the basic elements that make it up.
   - Simple: To break something complicated down into its basic parts.
   - _Our teacher asked us to analyze each long sentence into its subject, verb, and object._
   - _The coach analyzed the swimmer's stroke into separate movements of the arms, legs, and breathing._

## Origin

Probably formed from 'analysis', or from Middle French 'analyser', tracing back through Medieval Latin to the Ancient Greek 'análusis' ('a breaking up, a loosening'). This came from 'analúō' ('to unloose, set free'), from 'aná' ('up, throughout') plus 'lúō' ('to unfasten'), also the source of 'lúsis' ('a loosening').

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