analyst
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a person who studies a company's finances or the stock market to give advice.
a professional who examines financial data, market trends, and corporate performance to provide investment or strategic recommendations.
Simple“The financial analyst predicted that the company's stock price would rise next year.”
In context“Senior analysts at the firm spent the weekend reviewing the merger proposal to ensure the valuation was accurate before the market opened on Monday.”
Synonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
someone who studies computer systems and suggests ways to make them better.
a professional, often a systems analyst, who evaluates technical requirements and designs information systems to meet business needs.
Simple“The systems analyst found a way to make the database run much faster.”
In context“As a systems analyst, her primary responsibility is to bridge the gap between the client's business requirements and the technical implementation team.”
Synonymssystems analystprogrammer - 03 C1 Advanced
a doctor or therapist who uses psychoanalysis to help people with their mental health.
a practitioner of psychoanalysis, typically following the theories of Freud or Jung to treat mental distress.
Simple“He decided to see an analyst to talk about his recurring dreams.”
In context“The patient had been seeing his analyst twice a week for three years, slowly uncovering the childhood traumas that influenced his adult relationships.”
- 04 C2 Proficiency
a mathematician who studies a specific area of math called real analysis.
a mathematician specialising in analysis, particularly the study of continuous functions, limits, and related theories.
Simple“The analyst presented a new proof regarding the convergence of the series.”
In context“While algebraists focus on discrete structures, the analyst is concerned with the rigorous foundations of calculus and the properties of real-valued functions.”
Synonyms
“Artem Bronzhukov, a Ukrainian political analyst, questioned whether it would be practical to hold elections given that Russian bombing was continuing.”
“At that time, policy analysts and scholars predicted dire consequences for Florida .”
From French analyste.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.