(figuratively, chiefly in the negative) To make any change in one's position or opinion, no matter how small.

To have few problems.

To earn money by honest methods.

(linguistics) Any valid analysis of a word's morphology regardless of whether it represents its etymology in the strict sense of that word (that is, the historical origin); for example, the word biology has a surface analysis of bio- + -logy although it was not coined as the combination of those combining forms (in fact predating them). The word can validly be viewed as an example of words ending in the suffix -ology even though it was not coined as one (whereas many analogous but newer words were thus coined, such as immunology).

(surface science, materials science) The analysis of a physical surface (uncountable) or any instance of such analysis (countable). / (meteorology) See surface weather analysis.

Dated form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

Alternative form of analytic geometry

(transitive) To see with no difficulty, because it is obvious.

To attend an event briefly but not stay.

(transitive) To cause to stop or complete.