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Study

//ˈstʌd.i// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning. countable, uncountable

    "The study of languages is fascinating."

  2. 2
    a detailed critical inspection wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of studying or examining; examination. countable, uncountable

    "I made a careful study of his sister."

  4. 4
    preliminary drawing for later elaboration wordnet
  5. 5
    Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. countable, uncountable

    "The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study."

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  1. 6
    a room used for reading and writing and studying wordnet
  2. 7
    A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household. countable, uncountable

    "Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts."

  3. 8
    a state of deep mental absorption wordnet
  4. 9
    An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique. countable, uncountable

    "a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture"

  5. 10
    applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) wordnet
  6. 11
    The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind. countable, uncountable

    "Geoffrey's face was a study."

  7. 12
    attentive consideration and meditation wordnet
  8. 13
    A piece for special practice; an etude. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    a branch of knowledge wordnet
  10. 15
    An academic publication. countable, literary, uncountable

    "That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising."

  11. 16
    a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique wordnet
  12. 17
    One who commits a theatrical part to memory. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    a written document describing the findings of some individual or group wordnet
  14. 19
    An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) wordnet
  16. 21
    A state of mental perplexity or worried thought. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I myȝte preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte"

  17. 22
    Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "My study was to avoid disturbing her."

Verb
  1. 1
    To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination. intransitive, literary, transitive, usually

    "Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March."

  2. 2
    be a student of a certain subject wordnet
  3. 3
    To take a course or courses on a subject. literary, transitive

    "I study medicine at the university."

  4. 4
    learn by reading books wordnet
  5. 5
    To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice. transitive

    "Biologists study living things."

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  1. 6
    be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning wordnet
  2. 7
    To look at carefully and minutely. transitive

    "He studied the map in preparation for the hike."

  3. 8
    consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning wordnet
  4. 9
    To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. transitive

    "July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry I found a moral first, and studied for a fable."

  5. 10
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes wordnet
  6. 11
    To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. intransitive

    "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]"

  7. 12
    give careful consideration to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

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