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analyzing

analyzing is the present participle and gerund of analyze.

Meaning of analyze

Verb

analyze (third-person singular simple present analyzes, present participle analyzing, simple past and past participle analyzed)

  1. (US, transitive) To subject to analysis.
    • This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]1995, Madeleine R. Stoner, The Civil Rights of Homeless People, page 136
  2. (US, transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
    • analyze a problem
  3. (US, transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
  4. (US, transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.

Questions about analyzing

What is analyzing the present participle and gerund of?
Analyzing is the present participle and gerund of analyze.

Words near analyzing in the dictionary

  1. analyzeable
  2. analyzed
  3. analyzer
  4. analyzers
  5. analyzes
  6. analyzing
  7. analyzis
  8. Anam
  9. anamaxx
  10. anamaxxed
  11. anamaxxes

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