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Meaning of analyse

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  analyse
      v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
           discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
           by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
           trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: {analyze},
           {analyse}, {study}, {examine}, {canvass}, {canvas}]
      2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
         today's financial market" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse}]
      3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
         break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
         specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
         compound" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse}, {break down},
         {dissect}, {take apart}] [ant: {synthesise}, {synthesize}]
      4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
         Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse},
         {psychoanalyze}, {psychoanalyse}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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