analyze
Break down systematically
To analyze is to examine something methodically by breaking it into parts.
You analyze data, evidence, or situations to understand their components and relationships.
A chemist analyzes compounds; a therapist analyzes behavior; a critic analyzes films.
The noun is analysis: Her analysis of the problem revealed three underlying causes.
British spelling: analyse.
Inspect with close attention
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
- assessJudge worth or quality
- studyDeliberate learning effort
research · explore · observe · inspect · review · probe · survey · dissect
What something signifies
- decodeConvert from cipher
- inferDerive by reasoning
- comprehendTo fully understand
- elucidateTo make understood
explicate · clarify · translate · deduce · discern · read · construe · hermeneutics
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
conclusion · syllogism · argumentation · rationale · validity · fallacy · hypothesis · synthesis
Collected numerical information
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- metricsStandards for assessment
- regressionReturn to former state
sampling · quantitative · modeling · pattern · spreadsheet · dataset · visualization · outlier
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- criticismJudgment of faults
appraisal · review · commentary · interpretation · deconstruction · close reading · explication
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- JungianOf analytical psychology
motivation · personality · consciousness · therapy · unconscious · defense mechanism · transference · repression
scrutinize
Inspect with close attention
- investigateSeek facts systematically
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
- assessJudge worth or quality
study · research · explore · observe · inspect · review · probe · survey · dissect · audit
meaning
What something signifies
- decodeConvert from cipher
- inferDerive by reasoning
- comprehendTo fully understand
elucidate · explicate · clarify · translate · deduce · discern · read · construe · hermeneutics · exegesis
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
premise · conclusion · syllogism · argumentation · rationale · validity · fallacy · hypothesis · synthesis · framework
statistics
Collected numerical information
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- metricsStandards for assessment
regression · sampling · quantitative · modeling · pattern · spreadsheet · dataset · visualization · outlier · variable
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
criticism · appraisal · review · commentary · interpretation · deconstruction · close reading · explication
psychoanalysis
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
Jungian · motivation · personality · consciousness · therapy · unconscious · defense mechanism · transference · repression · attachment
- analysisevaluate, examine, assess, interpret, compare
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- spellingscolour, color, favour, favor, honour
- evidence handlingcollect, preserve, document, secure, examine
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
analyzesynthesize
Combine into unified whole
combine · integrate · unify · consolidate · amalgamate
- statistical analysisMathematical examination of datasets
- financial analystProfessional assessing investment value
- DNA analysisExamining hereditary material
- budget analysisEvaluating income and expenditures
- analysis paralysisInaction from excessive deliberation
- data analysisSystematic information interpretation
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