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# analyse

«analyse» in Mova's school dictionary: **To look at something closely and carefully, part by part…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (analyse, analyses, analysed, analysing); US spelling: analyze

### meaning for a pupil

1) To look at something closely and carefully, part by part, to understand it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#m1)

2) (science, maths) To study data, results or a sample to find patterns or what it is made of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#m2)

3) (school) To examine a poem, story or text to explain how it works and what it means. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in school: analyse the data, analyse a poem, analyse the results of an experiment. It tells the reader to think carefully, not just look quickly. In maths, analyse a graph means read it and explain the patterns. Phrases: analyse the results, analyse data, carefully analyse.

### examples

- We analysed the results of our plant experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x1)
- Analyse the graph and say which month was the wettest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x2)
- The scientist analysed the water to see if it was clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x3)
- In English we analysed how the poet uses rhyme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x4)
- The coach analysed the video to see where we went wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x5)
- Let's analyse the problem step by step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x6)
- The police analysed the fingerprints on the glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/#x7)

### note

UK, Irish, Australian, NZ spelling: analyse; US and often Canada: analyze. Noun: analysis (plural analyses); person: analyst; adjective: analytical. Exam questions saying "analyse" want reasons and detail, not just a description.

### In the corpora

- [Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/15/)
- [The Ethics Bowl is a similar competition in the USA and elsewhere, where teams analyse cases and respond to each other.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «analyse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/analyse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.