verb · academic
analyze
/ˈænəlaɪz/AN·a·lyze
to examine data or information carefully in order to understand it or draw conclusions
Examples
“The students analyzed the survey results and reported three main trends.”
“Before making recommendations, the team must analyze the causes of the problem.”
“In Task 1 you should analyze changes over time, not just list numbers.”
Band 8 sentence
“To determine causal links, the researchers analyzed the dataset using multiple regression and controlled for confounding variables.”
Collocations
- analyze data
- analyze trends
- analyze for patterns
Word family
Common mistakes
I have analyze the data.→I have analyzed the data.
He analyze the results every week.→He analyzes the results every week.
They analyzed about the causes.→They analyzed the causes.
Say it for a higher band
5look at→6check→7+analyze
Synonyms
examine
investigate
assess
Easily confused
examine
“The doctor will examine the patient for signs of infection.”
assess
“The teacher assessed the students' essays according to the rubric.”
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