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To evaluate the condition of an accounting-related item and possible reasons for discrepancies. For example, an auditor will analyze the makeup of an expense account to determine whether it is properly stated; has it been charged for proper items that are verified by source documents? Another example: appraising the financial health of a company by analyzing its financial statements as a basis for making investment or credit decisions.
See also evidence ; examination ; verification .

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verb

1. To separate into parts for study: anatomize, break down, dissect, resolve. See assemble/disassemble, investigate.
2. To study closely or systematically: examine, inspect, investigate. See investigate.

v

Definition: break down to components
Antonyms: assemble, combine, synthesize

IN BRIEF: To break apart and examine an idea for full understanding.

Sam loved to analyze his sister's dreams.

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or (US) analyzer

1. the Nicol prism of a polariscope or polarimeter that receives the light and indicates the degree and/or direction of rotation of its plane of polarization. Compare polarizer.
2. an instrument for routinely performing chemical analyses, often automatically and/or on a succession of samples. See amino-acid analyser, autoanalyser, sequenator.

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• Reasoning and Examination - analyze: subject to careful scrutiny

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - analysere

Français (French)
v. tr. - analyser, faire l'analyse de, (Ling) faire l'analyse logique de, psychanalyser

Deutsch (German)
v. - analysieren, zergliedern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναλύω, ψυχαναλύω

Italiano (Italian)
analizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - analisar, examinar, decompor, separar

Русский (Russian)
анализировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - analizar, psicoanalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - analysera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
检讨, 细察, 分析

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 檢討, 細察, 分析

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 분해[분석]하다, 을 검토하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 分解して検討する, 分析する, 解析する

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עשה אנליזה, ניתח‬

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