analysisnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/us/əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/plural analyses uk/-siːz/usB2 the act of analysing something:
Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
I was interested in Clare's analysis of (= examination of and judgment about) the situation.
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- Sophisticated statistical analysis was employed to obtain these results.
- This book is designed to be provocative rather than a watertight piece of economic analysis.
- The documentary's analysis of the issues was very superficial.
- A pattern is beginning to emerge from our analysis of the accident data.
- They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- appraisal
- assessment
- construction
- critique
- day of reckoning
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- peer review
- press
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
- value judgment
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Idiom(s)
in the last/final analysis