verb · academic
analyze
UK/ˈænəlaɪz/US/ˈænəˌlaɪz/AN·a·lyze
Band 5-6speakingtask2task1
to examine something in detail in order to understand it or find important patterns
Examples
“Before writing the discussion, you should analyze the survey results.”
“We need to analyze the causes of the decline.”
“In Task 2, candidates often analyze both sides of an argument.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the discussion section I analyze the trends in the data and link them to the theoretical framework.”
Collocations
- analyze data
- analyze the results
- analyze patterns
Word family
analysis nounanalytical adjectiveanalyst nounanalytically adverb
Common mistakes
analyze of→analyze
analysed (when meaning present habit)→analyzes / analyze
Say it for a higher band
5look at→6study→7+analyze
Synonyms
examine
investigate
Easily confused
examine
“We need to examine the samples under a microscope.”
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