noun · academic
analysis
/əˈnæləsɪs/a·NAL·y·sis
Band 7+speakingtask2
a detailed examination of something in order to understand it
Examples
“The final analysis showed clear differences between the two groups.”
“A statistical analysis was carried out on the survey results.”
“Her analysis of the novel focused on gender roles.”
Band 8 sentence
“A comprehensive analysis of urban transport policies revealed which measures most effectively reduced congestion.”
Collocations
- statistical analysis
- conduct an analysis
- detailed analysis
Word family
analytical adjectiveanalytically adverb
Common mistakes
make an analysis→conduct an analysis
many analysis→many analyses
Say it for a higher band
5study→6examination→7+analysis
Synonyms
examination
evaluation
Easily confused
examination
“The examination of the samples took two days.”
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