English Explanatory Dictionary

study

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
  2. To take a course or courses on a subject.
  3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
  4. To look at carefully and minutely.
  5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
  6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
noun
  1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
  2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
  3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
  4. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
  5. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
  6. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
  7. A piece for special practice; an etude.
  8. An academic publication.
  9. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
  10. An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
  11. A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
  12. Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Pronunciation

stŭd′ē /ˈstʌd.i/ En-uk-to study.ogg [ˈstʌɾ.i] en-us-study.ogg /ˈstʊd.i/ /(ɪ)ˈsʈəɖ.i/

Word forms

study studies studying studied no-table-tags glossary studiest studieth

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

Synonyms

con elucubrate research revise sot study inquiry investigation exploration home office cabinet closet

Related words

student studious pseudoscience astrology numerology knowledge learning education

Derived words

Bible study forestudy prestudy self-study nonstudying outstudy overstudy restudy studiable study up on ablation study biostudy bread study bread-study brown study case study cohort study collective study counterstudy cyberstudy field of study field study four treasures of the study home study interstudy megastudy metastudy microstudy motion and time study multistudy nonstudy of its own study paleostudy poststudy pre-study quick study serostudy slow study studier study abroad Studyblr study buddy study centre study circle studygram study group study guide study hall study house study leave studylike study mama StudyTok study tour StudyTube StudyTuber substudy time-and-motion study time and motion study time-motion study
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