analyst
See also: Analyst
English
Etymology
From French analyste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈænəlɪst/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: annalist
Noun
analyst (plural analysts)
- Someone who analyzes.
- (mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
- (computing) A systems analyst.
- (psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 185:
- “I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”
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- A financial analyst; a business analyst.
Derived terms
- color analyst
- colour analyst
- database analyst
- quantitative analyst
- technical analyst
Translations
person who analyses
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systems analyst — see systems analyst
psychoanalysis practitioner
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financial or business analyst
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See also
- analyst programmer