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Meaning of analysis in English

analysis
noun
uk
/əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/ us
/əˈnæl.ə.sɪs/
plural analyses uk
/əˈnæl.ə.siːz/ us
/əˈnæl.ə.siːz/
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B2 [ C or U ]
the act of studying or examining something in detail, in order to discover or understand more about it, or your opinion and judgment after doing this:
Our financial experts conducted an independent analysis of the investment plan's performance.
I was interested in Clare's analysis of the situation.
Some of these arguments need further analysis.
[ C or U ]
the act of examining a substance, especially by separating it into its parts, in order to discover what it is or contains:
Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
The forensic lab carried out a second analysis of the DNA sample.
[ U ]
a process or treatment in which a person's unconscious mind is examined according to a theory of the human personality, to discover the hidden causes of their emotional or mental problems:
He travelled to Switzerland to undergo analysis with Jung.
The poet had spent years in analysis.
Synonym
psychoanalysis
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in the last/final analysis
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analysis | American Dictionary

analysis
noun [ C/U ]
us
/əˈnæl·ə·sɪs/
plural analyses us/əˈnæl·əˌsiz/
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the process of studying or examining something in an organized way to learn more about it, or a particular study of something:
[ C ] Chemical analysis of the woman’s dress revealed traces of blood.
Analysis is also a short form of psychoanalysis.
(Definition of analysis from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

analysis | Business English

analysis
noun [ C or U ]
uk
/əˈnæləsɪs/ us
plural analyses /əˈnæləsiːz/
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the study of something in detail:
carry out/perform/conduct an analysis We carried out an analysis of visitors to the website by age, sex, and region.
scientific/chemical analysis Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
detailed/comprehensive/in-depth analysis The data can be fed to a computer for detailed analysis.
statistical/structural/numerical analysis
someone's opinion, based on the knowledge and information they have, of what a situation is and what it means:
I was interested in Clare's analysis of the quarterly sales figures.
What's your analysis of the current economic crisis?
in the last/final analysis
after everything has been considered:
In the final analysis, you've got to have some kind of criteria for assessing people.

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(Definition of analysis from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of analysis

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There are two major classes of analyses for this alternation.
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Of course the two analyses differ in one major point.
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Although many different accounts of clitic climbing have been offered, certain broad questions distinguish classes of analyses.
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Two analyses have been proposed for such situations.
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Thirdly, most of the analyses being considered here seem to share a common problem, namely the problem of overgeneration.
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Scholars differ, however, on the question of which institutions to include in their analyses.
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One baby was born in the ambulance and in subsequent analyses was included with the hospital births.
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We used chi-square analyses to assess group differences in race, education, and religious affiliation.
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Therefore, the test results at the middle level of difficulty have not been included in the following analyses.
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Fish that did not survive the 6-week period under summer conditions were omitted from all analyses involving physical condition.
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Table 2 shows the results of these grouped analyses for the 3 geohelminth species.
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Table 3 shows the results of the grouped analyses for the malaria species data.
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Current analyses did, however, show similar scoring by diag nosis category.
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Because analyses concerned parasite communities, only infected hosts were included.
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Results f rom exploratory factor analyses y ielded an initial factor structure and inf ormed item reduction.
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Translations of analysis

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分析…
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分析…
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análisis, psicoanálisis…
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análise, psicanálise…
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पृथःकरण करणे…
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分析, 解析…
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analiz, irdeleme, inceleme…
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analyse, psychanalyse…
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anàlisi…
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analyse, psychoanalyse…
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எதையாவது பகுப்பாய்வு செய்யும் செயல்…
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विश्लेषण…
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વિશ્લેષણ…
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analyse, psykoanalyse…
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analys, psykoanalys…
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analisis, rawatan…
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die Analyse…
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analyse, psykoanalyse…
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جائزہ, تجزیہ…
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аналіз, розклад, психоаналіз…
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анализ…
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تَحْليل…
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বিশ্লেষণ করার কাজ…
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rozbor, psychoanalýza…
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analisis, psikoanalisis…
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การวิเคราะห์, จิตวิเคราะห์…
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sự phân tích, phân tâm học…
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analiza, psychoanaliza…
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