Definition of Study

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learn, educate oneself; think about, ponder; examine, investigate; observe; memorize
learning; field of learning; thorough investigation; report, analysis; room in which reading or studying is done
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Study Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.
  
(v. t.)
To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
  
(v. t.)
To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. i.)
Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
  
(v. i.)
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
  
(v. i.)
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.
  
(v. i.)
A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
  
(v. i.)
A piece for special practice. See Etude.
  
(v. i.)
A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
  
(n.)
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
  
(n.)
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
  
(n.)
To apply the mind to books or learning.
  
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Efryd = n. study, meditation
Myfyr = n. muse, study, a. musing, pensive
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a detailed critical inspection
(synonym) survey
(hypernym) examination, scrutiny
(hyponym) resurvey
(derivation) consider
2. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
(synonym) work
(hypernym) learning, acquisition
(derivation) hit the books
3. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
(synonym) report, written report
(hypernym) document, written document, papers
(hyponym) assay
4. a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
(hypernym) concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
(derivation) meditate, contemplate
5. a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
(hypernym) room
(part-holonym) house
6. a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
(synonym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
(derivation) learn, read, take
7. preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
(synonym) sketch
(hypernym) drawing
(hyponym) design
8. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
(synonym) cogitation
(hypernym) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
(hyponym) lucubration
(derivation) meditate, contemplate
9. someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); "he is a quick study"
(hypernym) memorizer, memoriser
10. a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
(hypernym) musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music

Verb
1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
(synonym) analyze, analyse, examine, canvass, canvas
(hyponym) anatomize
(derivation) survey
2. be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
(hyponym) major
(derivation) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
3. give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
(synonym) consider
(hypernym) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
(hyponym) compare, liken, equate
(verb-group) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate
(derivation) cogitation
4. be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
(synonym) learn, read, take
(hyponym) audit
(derivation) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
5. learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
(synonym) hit the books
(hypernym) learn, larn, acquire
(hyponym) memorize, memorise, con, learn
(entail) read
(derivation) work
6. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
(synonym) meditate, contemplate
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(derivation) cogitation
Study Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Phobia
Fear of going to school
Fear of knowledge
Fear of speech, study, words
Study Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Study or studies may refer to:
  • Research
  • Study (art), a drawing or series of drawings done in preparation for a finished piece
  • Study (room), a room in a home used as an office or library
  • Observational study 
  • Education
    • (academic) study/studies (e.g. at a university), compare Higher education
  • Studies (journal), published by the Jesuits in Ireland

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