| VERB | contact | dissect | cut open or cut apart |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | dissect, analyze, analyse, break down, take apart | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of |
| Sounds | dayseh'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | cut open or cut apart. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "dissect the bodies for analysis" | |
| Narrower | anatomize, anatomise | dissect in order to analyze |
| vivisect | cut (a body) open while still alive | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Nouns | dissection | cutting so as to separate into pieces |
| Meaning | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | analyze, analyse, break down, take apart | |
| Narrower | botanize, botanise | Collect and study plants |
| parse | analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | |
| Opposite | synthesize, synthesise | combine so as to form a more complex, product |
| Catalan | analitzar | |
| Spanish | analizar | |
| Nouns | dissection | detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) |
| dissection | a minute and critical analysis | |