All 5 Uses of
analyze
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- I'm a tedious old fool analyzing the obvious, while you're the spirit of rebellion.†
Chpt 13analyzing = examining in detail to better understand
- She had sought to be definite in analyzing the surface ugliness of the Gopher Prairies.†
Chpt 22
- Carrie thinks she's such a whale at analyzing folks.†
Chpt 25 *
- With restrained amusement he was analyzing the noisy Mr. Zitterel.†
Chpt 28
- She felt that she was no longer analyzing and controlling forces, but swept on by them.†
Chpt 38
Definitions:
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(1)
(analyze) to examine and consider something in detail to better understand it
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, analyze may specifically mean to determine chemical components or to psychoanalyze. Very rarely, you may see the British spell analyzes as analyses--which Americans use as the plural spelling for analysis.