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i noun
1.
application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
2.
the cultivation of a particular branch of learning, science, or art: the study of law.
3.
Often, studies. a personal effort to gain knowledge: to pursue one's studies.
4.
something studied or to be studied: Balzac's study was human nature.
5.
research or a detailed examination and analysis of a subject, phenomenon, etc.: She made a study of the transistor market for her firm.
6.
a written account of such research, examination, or analysis: He published a study of Milton's poetry.
7.
a well-defined, organized branch of learning or knowledge.
8.
zealous endeavor or assiduous effort.
9.
the object of such endeavor or effort.
10.
deep thought, reverie, or a state of abstraction: He was lost in study and did not hear us come in.
11.
a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
12.
Also called étude. Music. a composition that combines exercise in technique with a greater or lesser amount of artistic value.
13.
Literature.
a.
a literary composition executed for exercise or as an experiment in a particular method of treatment.
b.
such a composition dealing in detail with a particular subject, as a single main character.
14.
Art. something produced as an educational exercise, as a memorandum or record of observations or effects, or as a guide for a finished production: She made a quick pencil sketch of his hands as a study for the full portrait in oils.
15.
a person, as an actor, considered in terms of his or her quickness or slowness in memorizing lines: a quick study.
verb (used without object)
16.
to apply oneself to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or practice.
17.
to apply oneself; endeavor.
18.
to think deeply, reflect, or consider.
19.
to take a course of study, as at a college.
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verb (used with object)
20.
to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge of (a subject).
21.
to examine or investigate carefully and in detail: to study the political situation.
22.
to observe attentively; scrutinize: to study a person's face.
23.
to read carefully or intently: to study a book.
24.
to endeavor to learn or memorize, as a part in a play.
Origin:
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English studie < Old French estudie < Latin studium, equivalent to stud(ēre) to be busy with, devote oneself to, concentrate on + -ium -ium; (v.) Middle English studien < Old French estudier < Medieval Latin studiāre, derivative of studium
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English studie < Old French estudie < Latin studium, equivalent to stud(ēre) to be busy with, devote oneself to, concentrate on + -ium -ium; (v.) Middle English studien < Old French estudier < Medieval Latin studiāre, derivative of studium
Related forms
stud·i·a·ble, adjective
stud·i·er, noun
non·stud·y, noun, plural non·stud·ies.
out·stud·y, verb (used with object), out·stud·ied, out·stud·y·ing.
pre·stud·y, verb (used with object), pre·stud·ied, pre·stud·y·ing, noun, plural pre·stud·ies.
Synonyms
1. inquiry, research, reading, thought, consideration. 7. subject, field, area. 11. library, den. 21. Study, consider, reflect, weigh imply fixing the mind upon something, generally doing so with a view to some decision or action. Study implies an attempt to obtain a grasp of something by methodical or exhaustive thought: to study a problem. To consider is to fix the thought upon something and give it close attention before making a decision concerning it, or beginning an action connected with it: to consider ways and means. Reflect implies looking back quietly over past experience and giving it consideration: to reflect on similar cases in the past. Weigh implies a deliberate and judicial estimate, as by a balance: to weigh a decision.
1. inquiry, research, reading, thought, consideration. 7. subject, field, area. 11. library, den. 21. Study, consider, reflect, weigh imply fixing the mind upon something, generally doing so with a view to some decision or action. Study implies an attempt to obtain a grasp of something by methodical or exhaustive thought: to study a problem. To consider is to fix the thought upon something and give it close attention before making a decision concerning it, or beginning an action connected with it: to consider ways and means. Reflect implies looking back quietly over past experience and giving it consideration: to reflect on similar cases in the past. Weigh implies a deliberate and judicial estimate, as by a balance: to weigh a decision.
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| —vb , studies, studying, studied | |
| 1. | to apply the mind to the learning or understanding of (a subject), esp by reading: to study languages; to study all night |
| 2. | (tr) to investigate or examine, as by observation, research, etc: to study the effects of heat on metal |
| 3. | (tr) to look at minutely; scrutinize |
| 4. | (tr) to give much careful or critical thought to |
| 5. | to take a course in (a subject), as at a college |
| 6. | (tr) to try to memorize: to study a part for a play |
| 7. | (intr) to meditate or contemplate; reflect |
| —n , studies, studying, studied, studies | |
| 8. | a. the act or process of studying |
| b. (as modifier): study group | |
| 9. | a room used for studying, reading, writing, etc |
| 10. | (often plural) work relating to a particular discipline: environmental studies |
| 11. | an investigation and analysis of a subject, situation, etc: a study of transport provision in rural districts |
| 12. | a product of studying, such as a written paper or book |
| 13. | a drawing, sculpture, etc, executed for practice or in preparation for another work |
| 14. | a musical composition intended to develop one aspect of performing technique: a study in spiccato bowing |
| 15. | theatre a person who memorizes a part in the manner specified: a quick study |
| 16. | in a brown study in a reverie or daydream |
| [C13: from Old French estudie, from Latin studium zeal, inclination, from studēre to be diligent] | |
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Word Origin & History
study
early 12c., from O.Fr. estudier "to study" (Fr. étude), from M.L. studiare, from L. studium "study, application," originally "eagerness," from studere "to be diligent" ("to be pressing forward"), from PIE *(s)teu- "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). The
noun meaning "application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "room furnished with books" is from c.1300. Study hall is attested from 1891, originally a large common room in a college. Studious is attested from late 14c.
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Medical Dictionary
study stud·y (stŭd'ē)
n.
Research, detailed examination, or analysis of an organism, object, or phenomenon. v. stud·ied, stud·y·ing, stud·ies
To research, examine, or analyze something.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The best way to learn what a successful last page piece is, and how it works, is to study several of them.
The subject of the study is challenged with thought experiments involving a runaway railway trolley or train carriage.
And the study shows that consumers learn lessons: they made better decisions as the experiment progressed.
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