analyse

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See also: Analyse and analysé

English

Verb

analyse (third-person singular simple present analyses, present participle analysing, simple past and past participle analysed)

  1. British standard spelling of analyze.
    • 2025 April 18, “Scientists detect strong evidence of life on an alien planet”, in France 24, archived from the original on April 18, 2025:
      By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French analyse, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, I unravel, investigate), from ἀνά (aná, on, up) + λύω (lúō, I loosen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːnaːˈliːzə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ana‧ly‧se
  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

analyse f (plural analyses or analysen, diminutive analysetje n)

  1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
  2. (mathematics) analysis (mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals)

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: analise
  • Indonesian: analisaanalisis

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).

Pronunciation

Noun

analyse f (plural analyses)

  1. analysis
    Antonym: synthèse

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Verb

analyse

  1. inflection of analyser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Noun

analyse

  1. ablative singular of analysis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, dissolution), from ἀνα- (ana-, up, throughout) + λύσις (lúsis, loosening).

Pronunciation

Noun

analyse m (definite singular analysen, indefinite plural analyser, definite plural analysene)

  1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
    I dag skal vi utføre en analyse av denne prøven.
    Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.
    Hun kom med en skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.
    She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, dissolution), from ἀνα- (ana-, up, throughout) + λύσις (lúsis, loosening).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Standard East Norwegian):(file)

Noun

analyse m (definite singular analysen, indefinite plural analysar, definite plural analysane)

  1. analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)
    I dag skal vi utføre ein analyse av denne prøva.
    Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.
    Ho kom med ein skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.
    She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

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