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analyst

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈænəlɪst//

Someone who analyzes.

noun

  1. 1

    Someone who analyzes.

  2. 2

    Someone who is an analytical thinker.

  3. 3

    A mathematician who studies real analysis.

  4. 4

    A systems analyst.

  5. 5

    A practitioner of psychoanalysis.

    “I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”

  6. 6

    A financial analyst; a business analyst.

    The Shanghai-based company reported Wednesday that net profit soared 246% to 28 billion yuan ($3.9 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, more than double the average analyst estimate of 12.62 billion yuan ($1.7 billion), according to LSEG data.

Etymology

From French analyste.

Forms

plural
analysts
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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