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analyst

one who analyzes: He’s a CIA analyst.

Not to be confused with:

annalist – a writer of historical records: He writes annals of war.

an·a·lyst

(ăn′ə-lĭst)

One who performs analysis, as:

a. One who practices psychoanalysis.

b. One who performs systems analysis.

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analyst

(ˈænəlɪst)

1. a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis

2. (Psychoanalysis) short for psychoanalyst. See psychoanalyst

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an•a•lyst

(ˈæn l ɪst)

n.

1. a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.

2. a psychoanalyst.

[1650–60; < French analyste]

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Noun	1.	analyst - someone who is skilled at analyzing data expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully assayer - an analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals intelligence analyst - a government analyst of information about an enemy or potential enemy systems analyst - a person skilled at systems analysis
	2.	analyst - an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully credit analyst - an analyst who studies the financial statements and financial history of applicants for credit in order to evaluate their creditworthiness financial analyst, securities analyst - an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations industry analyst - an analyst of conditions affecting a particular industry market analyst - an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market)
	3.	analyst - a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis psychoanalyst head-shrinker, psychiatrist, shrink - a physician who specializes in psychiatry

analyst

noun

1. commentator, authority, commenter, reporter, specialist, adviser, consultant, special correspondent a political analyst

2. psychiatrist, therapist, psychologist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, psychoanalyser, headshrinker (slang), shrink (slang) My analyst has helped me not to feel guilty.

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Translations

مُحَلِّل نَفْسانِيمُحَلِّـل

analytikpsychoanalytik

analytikerpsykiater

Analytiker Psychoanalytiker Analyst

αναλυτής αναλύτρια

analista psicoanalista

analyytikkopsykoanalyytikko

analyste psychanalyste psychiatre

analitičarpsihoanalitičar

rannsóknarmaîur, greinandisálgreinandi

analista psicoanalista

アナリストシステムアナリスト

analistanaliste

analytiker psykiater

analityk

analista psicanalista

аналитик психиатр

analytik

analistpsikiatristtahlilci

化验员精神病医生

analyst

[ˈænəlɪst] N

1. (Chem etc) → analista mf

2. (Psych) → psicoanalista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

analyst

[ˈænəlɪst] n

(gen) → analyste mf
political analyst → analyste politique
financial analyst → analyste financier/ière m/f

(= psychoanalyst) → psychanalyste mf, analyste mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

analyst

n → Analytiker(in) m(f); (= psychoanalyst also) → Psychoanalytiker(in) m(f); (Chem) → Chemiker(in) m(f); food analyst → Lebensmittelchemiker(in) m(f); he gave it to the analyst in the lab → er ließ im Labor eine Analyse davon machen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

analyst

[ˈænəlɪst] n (political, financial) → analista m/f (Am) (also psychoanalyst) → (psic)analista m/f

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analysis

(əˈnӕləsis) – plural aˈnalyses (-siːz) – noun

1. (a) detailed examination of something (a sentence, a chemical compound etc) especially by breaking it up into the parts of which it is made up. The chemist is making an analysis of the poison; close analysis of the situation.

2. (especially American) psycho-analysis. He is undergoing analysis for his emotional problems.

analyse (ˈӕnəlaiz) , (American) analyze verb

to examine the nature of (something) especially by breaking up (a whole) into parts. The doctor analysed the blood sample.

analyst (ˈӕnəlist) noun

1. a person who analyses. a chemical analyst.

2. (especially American) a psychiatrist.

analytical (ӕnəˈlitikl) adjective

analyst

n (psych, fam) psicoanalista mf, analista mf (fam)

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