study

Plural: studies

Noun

• a detailed critical inspection
• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
  • "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
• a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
  • "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
• a state of deep mental absorption
  • "she is in a deep study"
• a room used for reading and writing and studying
  • "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
• a branch of knowledge
  • "anthropology is the study of human beings"
• preliminary drawing for later elaboration
• attentive consideration and meditation
• someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
  • "he is a quick study"
• a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
  • "a study in spiccato bowing"
• Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
• The act of studying or examining; examination.
• Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
• A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
• An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
• The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
• A piece for special practice; an etude.
• An academic publication.
• One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
• An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
• A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
• Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Verb

Verb Forms: studied, studying, studies

• To apply the mind to acquire knowledge or understand something.
• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
• be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
• give careful consideration to
• be a student of a certain subject
• learn by reading books
  • "He is studying geology in his room"
• think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  • "He is meditating in his study"
• To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
• To take a course or courses on a subject.
• To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
• To look at minutely.
• To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
• To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

Examples

• a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture
• Biologists study living things.
• Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.
• Geoffrey's face was a study in amazement [or in bewilderment, irritation, distress etc.]
• Geoffrey's face was a study.
• He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
• I made a careful study of his sister.
• I need to study my biology notes.
• I study medicine at the university.
• In 2015, scientists found that 82 percent of glaciers studied in China had decreased in size.
• My study was to avoid disturbing her.
• Players often study the Scrabble dictionary to learn obscure two-letter words.
• Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
• That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
• The study of languages is fascinating.

Synonyms

analyse, analyze, bailiwick, canvas, canvass, cogitation, consider, contemplate, discipline, examine, field, field of study, hit the books, learn, meditate, read, report, sketch, subject, subject area, subject field, survey, take, work, written report, cabinet, closet, con, elucubrate, exploration, home office, inquiry, investigation, research, revise, study, swot

Related Words

astrology, education, knowledge, learning, numerology, pseudoscience, student, studious

Anagrams of study