Definitions of analyze:

  • verb:   subject to psychoanalytic treatment
    Example: "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist"
  • verb:   make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    Example: "Analyze a specimen"
  • verb:   consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
    Example: "Analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"
  • verb:   break down into components or essential features
    Example: "Analyze today's financial market"