- analysis⇄analysis, noun, pl.-ses.
1a. separation of anything into its parts or elements to find out what it is made of. An analysis of the sentence ""Babies like soft food"" shows that it is made up of the plural noun ?babies, the verb ?like, the adjective ? - analysis⇄expr. in the last (or final) analysis, in essence; fundamentally; ultimately; basically.
Ex. Is not peace, in the last analysis, a matter of human rights? (John F. Kennedy).