Other forms: analysts
An analyst is somebody who examines data and explains what it means. A data analyst, a financial analyst, analysts expect.
The field goes in front: business analyst, policy analyst, systems analyst, intelligence analyst. In news reporting, analysts expect is a standard formula and usually means a handful of people at investment banks. Analyst is also short for psychoanalyst. Note analysis, the process; analytical, which of a person means good at breaking problems down; and that an analyst explains rather than decides.
1nounanalystSomebody who examines data and explains what it means.
“A financial analyst explained what the new figures meant for the company.”
analyst is an examiner of information.
Greek analysis means a loosening up or unravelling — ana-, up, plus lyein, to loosen. An analyst unties a problem into its parts, which is why analysis is the opposite of synthesis, a putting together.
French
analyste
English, today
analyst
From French analyste.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA