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Definition: Analyst |
AnalystNoun1. Someone who is skilled at analyzing data. 2. An expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions. 3. A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "analyst" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Etymology: Analyst \An"a*lyst\, noun. [French expression analyste. See Analysis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A person who defines a problem, determines exactly what is required in the solution, and defines the broad outlines of the machine solution. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: AnalystSynonym: psychoanalyst (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Analyzer, analyst, assayist; adventurer; experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist; scientist, engineer, technician. |
Inquiry | Inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner, catechist; scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer; analyst; quidnunc; (curiosity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My husband ran off with his boyfriend, and I had an affair with my analyst, who told me I was the worst lay he'd ever had. (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) An electronics engineer, a radar officer, a mathematician and systems analyst, a radar operator, a couple of plotters (The Giant Claw; writing credit: Paul Gangelin; Samuel Newman) You spoke to my analyst about this behind my back (Interiors; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The President's Analyst (1967) | |
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Health | He was only 48 years old when the clusters forced him to quit his job as a systems analyst. (references) | |
Business | The sector's growth has been dubbed "unprecedented in Latin America" by an industry analyst. (references) | |
Analyst predict that together mobile devices - phones and PDAs and Digital Television will soon overtake the PC as the preferred tool of Internet access. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Liberia | In May police raided the offices of the Analyst newspaper, detained for 2 weeks a computer technician, and sought to detain Hassan Bility, the Managing Editor, for alleged contacts with an exiled faction leader. (references) |
Economic History | Australia | The services sector recorded 32 percent growth from 1995-1996 to 1998-1999. Industry analyst Gartner Group estimates that the sector will double within the next four years and will account for more of the IT industry than hardware and software revenue combined. (references) |
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| "Analyst" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.60% of the time. "Analyst" is used about 624 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.6% | 584 | 10,844 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.48% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.96% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.64% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 624 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "analyst": Bank Credit Analyst ♦ credit analyst ♦ economic analyst ♦ financial analyst ♦ industry analyst ♦ intelligence analyst ♦ market analyst ♦ methods analyst ♦ MTM analyst ♦ political analyst ♦ programmer analyst ♦ securities analyst ♦ system analyst ♦ systems analyst ♦ technical analyst ♦ time and method analyst ♦ Wall Street analyst. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "analyst": analyst-advisers. | |
Ending with "analyst": psycho-analyst, size-analyst. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "analyst"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | analis (analytical, analytical chemist). (various references) | |
Albanian | analist (forecaster). (various references) | |
Arabic | محلل نفسي (psychoanalyst), المحلل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | аналитик (anatomist), лаборант химик, психоаналитик (psychoanalyst). (various references) | |
Chinese | 分析人士 (expert), 分析家 , 分析员. (various references) | |
Czech | analytik, psychoanalytik (psychoanalyst). (various references) | |
Danish | analytiker (systems analyst), systemplanlaegger (systems analyst), konsulent (adviser, advisor, counsellor, systems analyst), edb-konsulent (systems analyst). (various references) | |
Dutch | analist (analytical chemist). (various references) | |
Esperanto | analizisto (analytical chemist). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرگشا, استادتجزیه , روانکاو (Psychoanalyst). (various references) | |
Finnish | analyytikko. (various references) | |
French | analyste (analytical chemist, analyzers). (various references) | |
German | Analytiker (systems analyst). (various references) | |
Greek | αναλυτής (analyser, analyzer). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פסיכואנליטיקן (psychoanalyst), נתחן (surgeon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elemzõ (analytic). (various references) | |
Indonesian | analitikus, analis (analyzer), ahli urai. (various references) | |
Italian | analista (systems analyst), analizzatore (analyzer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | アナプラズマ病 (analog, analog computer, analog speedometer, analogue, analysis, analyzer, anaplasmosis). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | アナリスト . (various references) | |
Korean | 분석가. (various references) | |
Manx | oltscarreyder, bun-ronseyder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analystay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | analista (analytical chemist, analyzer, annalist, chronicler, tester). (various references) | |
Romanian | analist, psihiatru (psychiater, psychiatrist), psihanalist (psycho-analyst), laborant (tester). (various references) | |
Russian | аналитик (anatomist). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analitičar. (various references) | |
Spanish | analista (annalist). (various references) | |
Swedish | analytiker (analyser, analyzer). (various references) | |
Turkish | araştırmacı (explorer, inquisitive, investigative, investigator, researcher, searcher, surveyor), analist, tahlilci (assayer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | коментатор (annotator, commentator, expositor, informer), оглядач (columnist, observer, reviewer), аналітик, лаборант-хімік, псіхоаналітик. (various references) | |
Welsh | dadansoddwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "analyst": analysts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "analyst": cryptanalyst, microanalyst, psychoanalyst. (additional references) | |
Words containing "analyst": cryptanalysts, microanalysts, psychoanalysts. (additional references) | |
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"Analyst" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anagly, analest, analis, analise, analist, anallist, analsys, analsyt, analy, analyist, analys, analysi, analyt, analyte, analyzw, anaylse, anilist, anlist, anlyst, annalyst, Englyst. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "analyst" (pronounced a"nulust) |
| 7 | a" n u l u s t | panelist, psychoanalyst. |
| 6 | -n u l u s t | conversationalist, finalist, institutionalist, internationalist, journalist, nationalist, photojournalist, semifinalist, traditionalist, ultranationalist. |
| 5 | -u l u s t | agriculturalist, capitalist, catalyst, colonialist, cyclist, imperialist, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, formalist, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, individualist, industrialist, instrumentalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, motorcyclist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, populist, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, vocalist. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, idealist, dullest, fullest, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: alants, aslant, nyalas, slanty. | |
-2 letters: alans, alant, anlas, antas, antsy, asyla, atlas, nasal, nasty, natal, nyala, salty, satay, slant, slaty, talas, tansy. | |
-3 letters: aals, alan, alas, alts, anal, anas, ansa, anta, ants, last, lats, lays, nays, salt, slat, slay, stay, tala, tans. | |
-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, alt, ana, ant, any, ays, las, lat. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: analysts, nasality. | |
+2 letters: analytics, slantways. | |
+3 letters: acylations, insatiably, partisanly, pleasantly, pleasantry, polyanthas, sanitarily, stagnantly, standardly. | |
+4 letters: alkylations, ancestrally, angioplasty, antislavery, ascendantly, craftsmanly, fantasyland, flamboyants, insatiately, metanalyses, metanalysis, nyctalopias, phalanstery, playactings, postnatally, satanically, seasonality, statesmanly, syntactical, translatory, treasonably. | |
+5 letters: acetylations, analyzations, anelasticity, anticatalyst, antiroyalist, antisocially, clairvoyants, constabulary, cryptanalyst, cytochalasin, dynastically, fantasylands, intranasally, microanalyst, monastically, nauseatingly, pansexuality, passionately, plastocyanin, semantically, stainability, synaptically, synaptosomal, tracklayings, unmistakably, unpleasantly. | |
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