analystnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæn.ə.lɪst/us/ˈæn.ə.lɪst/B2 someone whose job is to study or examine something in detail:
a financial/food/political/systems analyst
→ psychoanalyst (psychoanalyse)
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- a City analyst
- Most financial analysts have been surprised by the persistence of the recession.
- Many analysts are predicting an upswing in the economy.
- Many analysts failed to predict the sudden drop in house prices.
- A large number of analysts are pessimistic about the future of the economy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analytical
- analyze
- arbitrate
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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