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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* [[analyse]] ''(British Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland and Zimbabwe)'' |
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===Etymology=== |
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Back formation from ''[[analysis]]'', from {{etyl|fr|en}} {{term|analyser|lang=fr}}, from {{term|analyse|lang=fr}}, from [[Medieval Latin]] {{term|analysis|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|ἀνάλυσις|tr=analusis|lang=grc||a breaking up, a loosening, releasing}}, from {{term|ἀναλύω|tr=analuō|lang=grc||to unloose, release, set free}}, from {{term|ἀνά|tr=ana|lang=grc||on, up, above, throughout}} + {{term|λύσις|tr=lusis|lang=grc||a loosening}}, from {{term|λύω|tr=luō|lang=grc||to unfasten}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|/ˈæn.ə.laɪz/}} |
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* {{rhymes|aɪz}} |
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* {{audio|En-us-analyze.ogg|Audio (US)}} |
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===Verb=== |
===Verb=== |
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{{en-verb|analyz|ing}} |
{{en-verb|analyz|ing}} |
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# {{standard spelling of|from=American spelling|lang=en|analyse}} |
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# {{context|transitive|lang=en}} To [[subject]] to [[analysis]]. |
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# {{context|transitive|lang=en}} To [[resolve]] (anything [[complex]]) into its [[element]]s. |
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# {{context|transitive|lang=en}} To [[separate]] into the [[constituent]] parts, for the [[purpose]] of an [[examination]] of each separately. |
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# {{context|transitive|lang=en}} 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]]. |
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====Usage notes==== |
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* According to the third edition of [[Wikipedia:Fowler's Modern English Usage|Fowler]], both [[analyze]] and the British [[analyse]] are equally indefensible spellings. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize''. |
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====Derived terms==== |
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* [[analyzable]] |
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* [[analyzability]] |
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* [[analyzer]] |
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* [[psychoanalyze]] |
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====Translations==== |
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{{trans-see|subject to analysis|analyse}} |
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[[de:analyze]] |
[[de:analyze]] |
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Revision as of 21:41, 26 August 2013
English
Verb
analyze (third-person singular simple present analyz, present participle ing, simple past and past participle analyzed)
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) American spelling standard spelling of analyse.