analysis

  • 21analysis — n. examination of component parts 1) to make an analysis 2) a careful, painstaking, thorough; in depth; penetrating analysis 3) (ling.) discourse analysis 4) (chemistry) qualitative; quantitative analysis 5) (math.) vector analysis 6) upon… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22analysis — a|nal|y|sis W1S3 [əˈnælısıs] n plural analyses [ si:z] [Date: 1500 1600; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek, from analyein to break up ] 1.) [U and C] a) a careful examination of something in order to understand it better analysis of …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23analysis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, close, comprehensive, detailed, in depth, serious, systematic, thorough ▪ brief ▪ …

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  • 24analysis — [[t]ənæ̱lɪsiːz[/t]] ♦♦♦ analyses 1) N VAR Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it. Her criteria defy analysis... We did an analysis of the way that government …

    English dictionary

  • 25analysis */*/*/ — UK [əˈnæləsɪs] / US noun Word forms analysis : singular analysis plural analyses UK [əˈnæləsiːz] / US [əˈnæləˌsɪz] 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a process of studying or examining something in detail in order to understand it or explain it… …

    English dictionary

  • 26analysis — a|nal|y|sis [ ə næləsıs ] (plural a|nal|y|ses [ ə nælə,siz ] ) noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a process of studying or examining something in detail in order to understand it or explain it: problems for discussion and analysis analysis of: The… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27Analysis —    The Soviet services had a different approach to intelligence analysis than Western states. Joseph Stalin told his intelligence chiefs that he wanted factual information and documents, not political analysis, which was to be left to the chief… …

    Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

  • 28analysis — The process of breaking a concept down into more simple parts, so that its logical structure is displayed. At its most elementary this may be revealed by a dictionary definition (‘to be a vixen is to be a female fox’). But analytical philosophy,… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 29analysis — Synonyms and related words: Baconian method, Boolean algebra, Euclidean geometry, Fourier analysis, Lagrangian function, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, abstraction, accounting, airing, algebra, algebraic… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30analysis — 01. He did an [analysis] of the way children learn language for his Master s thesis. 02. It could take weeks to [analyze] all the data, but when we do, the results will be very helpful to our project. 03. The North American school system aims to… …

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