Analyst
/ˈænəlɪst/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who analyzes.
- 2 a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis wordnet
- 3 Someone who is an analytical thinker.
- 4 someone who is skilled at analyzing data wordnet
- 5 A mathematician who studies real analysis.
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- 6 an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions wordnet
- 7 A systems analyst.
- 8 A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
"“I had a difficult session with my analyst last evening and the slightest thing is apt to set me off.”"
- 9 A financial analyst; a business analyst.
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More examples"He's a financial analyst with a pretty good reputation for his analysis of economic trends."
Etymology
From French analyste.