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study
('st/@/d/i/ )

noun (n)

  • a detailed critical inspection(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    survey
    source: wordnet30
  • applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    No schools offer graduate study in interior design.
    Synonym:
    work
    source: wordnet30
  • a written document describing the findings of some individual or group(noun.communication)
    Example:
    This accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale.
    Synonym:
    report, written report
    source: wordnet30
  • a state of deep mental absorption(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    She is in a deep study.
    source: wordnet30
  • a room used for reading and writing and studying(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.
    source: wordnet30
  • a branch of knowledge(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Anthropology is the study of human beings.
    Synonym:
    bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, subject, subject area, subject field
    source: wordnet30
  • preliminary drawing for later elaboration(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    sketch
    source: wordnet30
  • attentive consideration and meditation(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    cogitation
    source: wordnet30
  • someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)(noun.person)
    Example:
    He is a quick study.
    source: wordnet30
  • a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique(noun.communication)
    Example:
    A study in spiccato bowing.
    source: wordnet30
  • A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine
    source: wordnet30
  • be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning(verb.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • give careful consideration to(verb.perception)
    Synonym:
    consider
    source: wordnet30
  • be a student of a certain subject(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    learn, read, take
    source: wordnet30
  • learn by reading books(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    He is studying geology in his room.
    Synonym:
    hit the books
    source: wordnet30
  • think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    He is meditating in his study.
    Synonym:
    contemplate, meditate
    source: wordnet30
  • To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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