analyze

verb

1. 1

   subject to psychoanalytic treatment

   I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist

2. 2

   make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

   analyze a specimen

   analyze a sentence

3. 3

   consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

   analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare

   analyze the evidence in a criminal trial

4. 4

   break down into components or essential features

   analyze today's financial market