analyst

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someone whose job is to study or examine something in detail, in order to discover or understand more about it and often to make predictions (= statements about what will happen in the future) relating to it :

a financial/political/banking/industry analyst

Some business analysts have warned of reduced profit margins.

She is a market analyst with a major energy company.

someone who examines or treats people using psychoanalysis (= an attempt to examine a person's unconscious mind to discover the hidden causes of their emotional or mental problems):

The only person I ever talked to about this was my analyst.

He sees an analyst four times a week.

a person whose job is to study or examine something in an organized way:

She is a financial analyst (= someone who studies financial investments).

Analyst is also a short form of psychoanalyst.

someone whose job is to study or examine something in detail:

a financial/food/political analyst

A large number of analysts are pessimistic about the future of the economy.