Analyzed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ə.laɪzd/

Definitions

1. Thoroughly examined or studied to understand its components or meaning
2. Carefully inspected or evaluated by breaking down information for better comprehension
3. Looked into systematically to assess or interpret data or facts

Etymology: The verb "analyze" is a simple past form of a verb that goes back to a Greek word for unloosing. The ancient "análusis" combined "ana-", meaning up or throughout, with "lúsis", a loosening, from "lúō", to unfasten. To analyze something was literally to take it apart until its parts came loose from one another, which is still the core of the modern sense. The verb itself may have been formed in English rather than borrowed whole. Speakers could have built it from the noun "analysis" plus the suffix "-ize", or trimmed it by haplology, dropping a repeated syllable from "analysis" plus "-ize". Other routes ran through Middle French "analyser" and Medieval Latin "analysis", so the exact pathway remains uncertain.

Synonyms: examined, assessed, evaluated, scrutinized, studied

Antonyms: ignored, overlooked, dismissed