"SOS" has, in contemporary usage, been reanalyzed to stand for "save our souls".
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Reanalyze
/ɹiːˈæn.ə.laɪz/
Synonyms for "reanalyze" (14 found)
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Verb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Noun(2 words)
refiguringrefiguring data
Related words (7)
Noun(2 words)
reprocess typerestudy
Sample sentences
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Thus hamburger (whose true etymology is 'city of Hamburg' + er 'someone from') has been reanalyzed as ham + burger 'burger made with ham.'
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