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analyst definition

ana·lyst (an′ə list)

noun

  1. a person who analyzes a news analyst
  2. a psychoanalyst
  3. a systems analyst

Etymology: Fr analyste

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Alternate definitions:

business analyst definition - business

finance analyst definition - finance

medical analyst definition - medical

analyst Synonyms

analyst

n.

  1. Examiner

    questioner, investigator, inquisitor, interpreter; see critic 2, examiner.

  2. Psychoanalyst

    psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist, psychotherapist; see psychoanalyst.


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analyst Usage Examples

Possessives

  • notebook: Enhance your skills with regard to both the analytical and visual aspects of i2 Analyst's Notebook.

Converse of object

  • recruit: The unit has now recruited an analyst who will join the unit in October.

Adjective modifier

  • Senior: Senior market analyst James McCoy said manufacturers had not acted quickly enough to keep ahead of the sales decline.

Modifies a noun

  • programmer: Support and provide feedback to project managers, analyst programmers, testers and business representatives.

Noun used with modifier

  • sell-side: The role will involve extensive interaction with buy and sell-side analysts and investors as well as senior management and the internal Corporate Affairs department.
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Asthe strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

-Poe, EdgarAllan

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