analysis-n; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: investigation

Commentary: ANALYSIS[+event] Inspecting the individual parts of something, and their relation in making up a whole.

Examples:
The analysis of the DNA revealed that John was the killer.
I performed an analysis of the newspaper.
His clever analysis proved that the painting was a fraud.

Mappings:
PropBank: analysis.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 3

Sense Number 2: type of thinking

Commentary: The capacity to analyze, or the kind of thought that goes into analyzing things.

Examples:
Use your incredible powers of analysis to figure out what's going to happen next.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: psychotherapy

Commentary: Psychoanalysis. A set of techniques for uncovering motivation and promoting mental health.

Examples:
I've been undergoing analysis for three years, but I'm still afraid of spiders.
Analysis showed the patient to have some unresolved retention issues.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 4: piece of criticism

Commentary: A piece of critical writing, usually on literature.

Examples:
I published an analysis of Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'.
If you're going to graduate school for English, I hope you like writing literary analyses.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 5: word manipulation

Commentary: The use of closed-class words instead of inflections; e.g. "the father of the bride" instead of "the bride's father". I have a feeling this is very rare.

Examples:
Use analysis if you want to sound more intelligent, and also if you hate inflections.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 6: subtopic of calculus

Commentary: A branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; also sequences, series, and differentiation.

Examples:
I'm taking a math class called "Calculus and Topics in Analysis".

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 7: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

Mappings:
PropBank: NM