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uh-NAL-uh-sis/əˈnæləsɪs/

Analysis is a detailed study: data analysis; in the final analysis. Analyse is the UK verb (already in the dictionary). An analysis can be countable; analysis is also uncountable as a field. Summary is shorter; opinion is not analysis. Plural: analyses. Do not write “an analyse”.

Meaning

A detailed study of something in order to understand it.

Examples

• “The analysis of the survey showed a fall in satisfaction.”
• “The analysis of the survey showed a fall in patient satisfaction.”
• “Your essay needs more analysis and fewer copied statistics.”

Good to know

data / statistical analysis; an analysis of. Verb: analyse (UK). Plural: analyses. Shorter: summary. Not mere opinion.

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