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Definition of analyst noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

analyst

noun
 
/ˈænəlɪst/
 
/ˈænəlɪst/
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  1. a person whose job involves examining facts or materials in order to give an opinion on them
    • a political/financial analyst
    • a food/market analyst
    • He's a senior research analyst at Deutsche Bank.
    • analysts expect/predict
    • City analysts forecast huge profits this year.
    • according to an analyst According to music industry analysts, music downloads are set to decline by as much as 30 per cent this year.
    see also quantitative analyst, systems analyst
    Extra Examples
    • a leading business analyst
    • She's an investment analyst with a big City firm.
    • This view is backed up by several independent political analysts in Washington.
    Topics Jobsb2, Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • leading
    • principal
    • senior
    preposition
    • analyst of
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  2. (also psychoanalyst)
    a person who treats patients using psychoanalysis
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French analyste, from the verb analyser, from medieval Latin analysis from Greek analusis, from analuein ‘unloose’, from ana- ‘up’ + luein ‘loosen’.
See analyst in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee analyst in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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