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- DictionaryA·nal·y·sis/əˈnaləsəs/
noun
- 1. detailed examination of the elements or structure of something: "statistical analysis"
- 2. short for psychoanalysis
[uncountable, countable] the detailed study or examination of something in order to understand more about it; the result of the study. statistical/data analysis. a detailed analysis of the data. to perform/conduct an analysis. Further analysis revealed significant regional variations in the results.
1. a : a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other. [count] a scientific analysis of the data. make/do/perform a chemical analysis of the soil. a detailed analysis of the bone structure of horses.
1 [uncountable, countable] the detailed study or examination of something in order to understand more about it; the result of the study statistical analysis The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes. At the meeting they presented a detailed analysis of twelve schools in a Manhattan borough.
Analysis is a noun that is used in many ways and by many fields. It makes sense, since it is "a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations," which means everyone does it at some point. In fact, every time you solve a problem you use analysis.
the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis ). this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations: the grammatical analysis of a sentence.
to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it: Researchers analysed the purchases of 6300 households. analyse data/results/information Management requires enthusiasm and intuition rather than merely an ability to analyze data and invent strategies.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. noun. analyses. The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study. American Heritage. A separating or breaking up of any whole into its parts, esp. with an examination of these parts to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc. Webster's New World.
