Meaning

verb consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

verb make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

verb break down into components or essential features

originProbably formed within English, by back-formation, or by haplology from analysis + -ize, or from Middle French analyser, from the noun analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing”), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unloose, release, set free”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”), from λύω…

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