analyst
noun/ˈænəlɪst/
Etymology From French analyste.
1
Someone who analyzes.
2
Someone who is an analytical thinker.
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A mathematician who studies real analysis.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A systems analyst.
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Human sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sciences A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
- “I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 185:
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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.2024 May 23, Laura He, “Bargain-hungry Americans are flocking to Temu and making its Chinese owner very rich”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024:
- Derived terms
- autoanalyst, bioanalyst, color analyst, colour analyst, conspiracy analyst, cryptanalyst, cryptoanalyst, cyberanalyst, database analyst, discourse analyst, glycoanalyst, hypnoanalyst, microanalyst, narcoanalyst, nonanalyst, psychoanalyst, quantitative analyst, schizoanalyst, technical analyst
- Related terms
- analyst programmer