Meaning & use
analyzations
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“analyzations” is a form of “analyzation”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meaning
nouncountablerare
The acts or results of examining something carefully by breaking it into its parts; a rare plural of 'analyzation'.
Grammar: Countable and almost always plural; the singular 'analyzation' is even rarer than the plural.
Patterns
- analyzations of something
- carry out analyzations of something
- detailed analyzations
The report includes several analyzations of the company's spending over five years.
Her early analyzations of the data missed one important pattern.
Later analyzations of the same samples gave different results.
Word forms
| singular | analyzation |
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Common combinations
- detailed analyzations
- The journal published detailed analyzations of the voting records.
- analyzations of data
- Analyzations of data from three labs were compared.
- carry out analyzations
- The team carried out repeated analyzations before publishing.
- early analyzations
- Early analyzations suggested the effect was small.
Synonyms and how they differ
- analyses
- The normal plural of 'analysis' and by far the more common choice in all kinds of writing.
- examinations
- Broader and less technical; it can mean looking at something closely without breaking it into parts.
- studies
- Refers to whole research projects, while 'analyzations' points only to the careful breaking-down step.
Word family
- analyze verb
- To examine something carefully by separating it into parts.
- analysis noun
- The usual noun for this process; its plural is 'analyses'.
- analyst noun
- A person whose job is to examine information in detail.
- analytical adjective
- Describing a person or method that works by careful reasoning and separation of parts.
Commonly confused: analyzations or analyses? analyzations or analysis?
analyzations vs analyses
'Analyses' is the standard plural of 'analysis' and is used far more often; 'analyzations' is a rare variant that many readers find odd.
analyzations vs analysis
'Analysis' is normally uncountable or singular, so you say 'an analysis' or 'the analysis', not 'an analyzation' in everyday writing.
Practice
Which sentence uses the rare plural noun correctly and naturally for most readers?
Choose one answer.
'Analyses' is the standard plural of 'analysis' and fits naturally here. Option 0 is grammatically possible but sounds very rare and odd to most readers; option 2 uses the singular 'analysis' with a plural number; option 3 uses the verb 'analyze' where a noun is needed.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “analyzations”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.