Definition of Analyze

Verb: analyze 'a-nu,lIz
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: analyse)

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
"analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare";
- analyse [Brit, Cdn], study, examine, canvass, canvas
Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
"analyze a specimen";
- analyse [Brit, Cdn], break down, dissect, take apart
(psychiatry) subject to psychoanalytic treatment
"I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist";
- analyse [Brit, Cdn], psychoanalyze [N. Amer], psychoanalyse [Brit, Cdn]