analyze

1. (transitive) To subject to analysis.Examples: "This section addresses the recent homeless backlash by reviewing and analyzing antihomeless legislation[…]"; "The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results."; "The phase structure of the fabricated nanophosphor samples was analyzed by using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD; Mac Science, M18XHF-SRA) with Cu Kα ( λ = 1.5402 Å) radiation, and the JADE software was applied to analyze the XRD data."

2. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.Examples: "analyze a problem"

3. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

4. (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.