Meaning of 'study'

noun

a detailed critical inspection

Synonyms: survey

noun

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

Synonyms: sketch

noun

a room used for reading and writing and studying

Example: "They knocked lightly on the closed door of the study."

noun

a state of deep mental absorption

Example: "I am in a deep study."

noun

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

Synonyms: work

noun

attentive consideration and meditation

Synonyms: cogitation

noun

a branch of knowledge

Synonyms: subject discipline field subject area subject field field of study bailiwick

noun

a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

Example: "a study in spiccato bowing"

noun

a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

Example: "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

Synonyms: report

noun

someone who learns quickly and easily, as the lines for a part in a play

Example: "The new understudy is a quick study."

verb

be a student of a certain subject

Synonyms: take read learn

verb

learn by reading books

Example: "We are studying geology in my room."

Synonyms: hit the books

verb

be a student

Example: "follow a course of study"

verb

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Synonyms: canvas canvass analyze analyse examine

verb

to think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

Example: "I studied my options carefully."

Synonyms: meditate contemplate

verb

give careful consideration to

Synonyms: consider