Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: analyze

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analyze Nov 1st 2011, 09:28 Alternative forms: ← Older revision Revision as of 09:28, 1 November 2011 (One intermediate revision by one user not shown) Line 2: Line 2: ===Alternative forms=== ===Alternative forms=== - * [[analyse]] ''(British Commonwealth)'' + * [[analyse]] ''(British Commonwealth except Canada)'' ===Etymology=== ===Etymology=== Line 20: Line 20: # {{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]]. # {{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]]. <!-- material copied from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) --> <!-- material copied from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) -->   +   + ====Usage notes====   + * According to the third edition of [[Wikipedia:Fowler's Modern English Usage|Fowler]], both [[analyze]] and the British [[analyse]] are equally indefensible spellings. The correct but now impossible form should have been ''analysize''. ====Derived terms==== ====Derived terms====

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