All 3 Uses of
analyze
in
Burned, by Ellen Hopkins
- Then I turned on the light above the narrow mirror, needing to analyze the face that appeared.†
analyze = examine
- I tend to overanalyze, so the next day I tried not to think about him at all.†
overanalyze = excessively examine in an attempt to better understand
- Ethan kept his black close by my side, for the first time in my life, like anything was possible, everything For five hours, in fact, I so fine I didn't once overanalyze the perfect and I, felt right.†
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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.