Study - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstʌdɪ|  American pronunciation of the word study
Brit.  |ˈstʌdɪ|  British pronunciation of the word study

noun

- a detailed critical inspection (syn: survey)
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) (syn: work)
no schools offer graduate study in interior design
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group (syn: report)
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 (syn: bailiwick, discipline, field, subject)
anthropology is the study of human beings
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration (syn: sketch)
- attentive consideration and meditation (syn: cogitation)
- 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

verb

- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning (syn: analyse, analyze, canvass, examine)
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- give careful consideration to (syn: consider)
- be a student of a certain subject (syn: learn, read, take)
- learn by reading books
He is studying geology in his room
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes (syn: contemplate, meditate)
He is meditating in his study

Extra examples

Becoming a doctor requires years of study.

You can improve your knowledge of the natural world by study and observation.

She will return to her studies after vacation.

He left the service to pursue his studies.

The agency conducted an environmental study.

He took part in a study of childhood obesity.

The study of the new drug will be published next year.

Did you study for the test?

She's studying to be a teacher.

I studied the request carefully.

She was studying his face for a reaction.

The proposal was studied in great detail.

The effects of the drug have never been thoroughly studied.

The proposal is under our study.

He stood in a study.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: study
he/she/it: studies
present participle: studying
past tense: studied
past participle: studied
noun
singular: study
plural: studies
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