ANALYSIS

[noun] [plural:] analysesChemical analysis revealed a high content of copper. [U]An analysis of seven years' work revealed errors and inconsistencies. [C]I accepted her analysis of (= examination of and judgment about) the situation. [C]In the last/final/ultimate analysis means after everything has been considered.What distinguishes all the species of plants and animals is, in the final analysis, differences in the way carbon atoms choose to bond.