VERB | contact | dissect | cut open or cut apart |
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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 |
Spanish | disecar, diseccionar | |
Catalan | dissecar, disseccionar | |
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 |
Spanish | analizar | |
Catalan | analitzar | |
Nouns | dissection | detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) |
dissection | a minute and critical analysis |
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