Dictionary Definition
study
Noun
1 a detailed critical inspection [syn: survey]
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" [syn: work]
3 a written document describing the findings of
some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by
Hill and Dale" [syn: report, written
report]
4 a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a
deep study"
5 a room used for reading and writing and
studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the
study"
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" [syn:
discipline, subject, subject
area, subject
field, field, field of
study, bailiwick,
branch
of knowledge]
7 preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he
made several studies before starting to paint" [syn: sketch]
8 attentive consideration and meditation; "after
much cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: cogitation]
9 someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as
the lines for a part in a play); "he is a quick study"
10 a composition intended to develop one aspect
of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
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" [syn: analyze, analyse, examine, canvass, canvas]
2 be a student; follow a course of study; be
enrolled at an institute of learning
3 give careful consideration to; "consider the
possibility of moving" [syn: consider]
5 learn by reading books; "He is studying geology
in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
[syn: hit the
books]
6 think intently and at length, as for spiritual
purposes; "He is meditating in his study" [syn: meditate, contemplate] [also: studied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈstʌdi/, /"stVdi/
- Rhymes: -ʌdi
Verb
- To acquire knowledge on a subject through concentration on prepared learning materials.
Translations
to acquire knowledge
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 學習, 学习 (xuéxí); 學, 学 (xué)
- Czech: studovat
- Dutch: studeren, instuderen
- Esperanto: studi
- Finnish: opiskella, opetella
- French: étudier
- Galician: estudar
- German: studieren, lernen
- Hungarian: tanul
- Icelandic: læra, nema, stunda nám, lesa, rannsaka, athuga, skoða, kanna, leggja á minnið, íhuga gaungæfilega, ráðgera, leggja á ráð um, kappkosta, leitast við, brjóta heilann, hugleiða
- Ido: studiar
- Italian: studiare
- Japanese: 学ぶ (まなぶ, manabu); 勉強する (べんきょうする, benkyōsuru)
- Korean: 공부하다 (kongbuhada)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: خوێندن, سهعی کردن
- Polish: uczyć się, studiować
- Portuguese: estudar
- Russian: изучать (izučát’)
- Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich, rùraich
- Slovene: študirati
- Spanish: estudiar
- Swedish: studera, plugga (informal)
Usage notes
In American-English the word 'study' may refer to the general concept of studying (i.e. at the university) or to the process known as 'revision' in British-English (i.e. to study for an exam). These two meanings are often conveyed by different words in other languages (cf. 'studieren' and 'lernen' in German).Noun
- The act of acquiring knowledge on a subject through
concentration.
- The study of languages is fascinating.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
Translations
act of acquiring knowledge
- Finnish: tutkimus, opiskelu
- German: Studium
- Hungarian: tanulás
- Icelandic: nám , bóknám , lærdómur , fræðiiðkan , athugun , rannsókn , könnun , skoðun , námsefni , rannsóknarefni , fræðigrein
- Kurdish:
- Sorani:سهعی
- Lithuanian: studijos
room in a house
- Czech: studovna , pracovna
- Finnish: työhuone
- German: Arbeitszimmer
- Hungarian: dolgozószoba
- Icelandic: lesstofa , lesherbergi , bókaherbergi
artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate
- ttbc French: étude (1,3)
- ttbc Kurdish:
- ttbc Portuguese: estudo
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-rannsachaidh , seòmar-leughaidh
- ttbc Slovene: študij (1), študija (3)
- ttbc Swedish: studie (1,3), studierum, studio (2)
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Study may refer to:
- Studying, to acquire knowledge on a subject through concentration on prepared learning materials
- Study (drawing), a drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece
- Study (room), a room in a home used as an office or library
- Study (group)
- An experiment, especially a clinical trial
- Research
- Academics
- Étude, a short musical composition meaning "study"
Study is the surname of:
- Eduard Study (1862–1930), German mathematician
study in German: Studio
study in French: Studio
study in Italian: Studio
study in Dutch: Studio
study in Polish: Studio
study in Albanian: Studio
study in Swedish: Studio (olika
betydelser)
study in Yiddish: שטודיע
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Nachtmusik, Pap test, Walter
Mitty, absence of mind, absolute music, absorbed attention,
absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, academic
discipline, academic specialty, adaptation, advisement, aim, air, air varie, airing, aleatory, aleatory music,
ambition, analysis, analyze, anatomic diagnosis,
animus, application, applied
science, area, arena, arrangement, art, art object, article, aspiration, atelier, attend to business,
autopsy, be abstracted,
be alert, be determined, be obsessed with, bemusement, biological
diagnosis, biopsy, black
and white, bone, boning, booking office, box
office, brainchild,
brainwork, branch, branch office,
bric-a-brac, brood,
brooding, brouillon, brown study, buzz
session, cabinet,
canvass, canvassing, cartoon, castle-building,
causerie, chamber
music, chamber orchestra, chambers, chancellery, chancery, charcoal, charcoal drawing,
check, check out, check
over, check up, check up on, chew over, chew the cud, chiaroscuro, classic, classical education,
clinical diagnosis, close study, closet, colloquium, comment upon,
commit to memory, commitment to memory, composition, con, concentrate on, concentration, concern, conference, conning, consider, consideration, consulate, contemplate, contemplation, contemplativeness,
controvert, core
curriculum, corporate headquarters, counsel, course, course of study, cram, cramming, crayon, creation, curriculum, cytodiagnosis, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, deal with,
debate, debating, deep study, deep
thought, deliberate,
deliberate upon, deliberation, delineation, den, department of knowledge, depth
of thought, descant,
desideration,
desideratum,
design, desire, determination, diagnosis, diagram, dialectic, dialogue, differential
diagnosis, dig, digest, digital examination,
discipline, discourse, discourse about,
discuss, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, domain, doodle, draft, drawing, dream, dreaming, drill, ebauche, effect, elective, electrocardiography,
electroencephalography,
electromyography,
electronic music, elucubrate, embassy, endeavor, engagement, engrossment, enquiry, esquisse, essay, etude, examination, examine, exchange of views,
exchange views, excogitate, excursus, executive office,
exercise, exercise of
memory, exploration,
exposition, extensive
study, fantasy, fantasying, feature, field, field of inquiry, field of
study, first approach, fit of abstraction, fix on, fixed purpose,
flashback, focus on,
forum, function, general education,
general studies, get by heart, get letter-perfect, give an
examination, give heed, go into, go over, graph, grind, grinding, grotesque, handle, harmonization, haunt, have by heart, headquarters, headwork, heed, hindsight, home office,
homily, humanities, idea, immersion, incidental music,
inquiry, inspect, inspection, instrumental
music, intendment,
intent, intention, intentness, introductory
study, introspect,
invention, investigate, investigation, involvement, joint
discussion, kitsch, knock
around, know by heart, labor, laboratory diagnosis, learn
about, learn by heart, learn verbatim, learning, learning by heart,
legation, lesson, lessons, liberal arts, library, line drawing, loft, logical analysis, logical
discussion, look at, look lively, look out, look over, look sharp,
looking back, lucubrate, lucubration, main office,
major, mammography, master, masterpiece, masterwork, meaning, meditate, meditation, melancholy, memoir, memorization, memorize, memorizing, mental labor,
mind, minor, miss nothing, mobile, monitor, monograph, monomania, mooning, moonraking, morceau, motive, mull over, muse, muse on, musefulness, museum piece,
musing, muted ecstasy,
natural science, nisus,
nocturne, note, nude, observe, obsession, office, old master, ology, open discussion, open
forum, opus, oral
examination, orchestration, outline, overhaul, overhauling, overlook, pandect, panel discussion,
paper, paragraph, parrot, pass over, pass under
review, pastel, pasticcio, pastiche, pay attention, pay
heed, peer at, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, pensiveness, perlustration, perpend, perusal, peruse, physical diagnosis,
physical examination, piece, piece of virtu, pipe dream,
pipe-dreaming, plan, play
around with, play with, plunge into, point, ponder, pondering, pore over, postmortem, postmortem
diagnosis, practice,
preliminary study, preoccupation, production, profound thought,
program music, project,
prolegomenon,
proposal, proseminar, prospectus, province, pure science,
purpose, quadrivium, quality control,
rap, rap session, rapt
attention, read, reading, reason, reason about, reason the
point, recall, recalling, recite, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration,
reflect, reflection, reflectiveness, refresher
course, regard studiously, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, repeat, repeat by heart, research, research paper,
resolution, resolve, restudy, restudying, retreat, retrospect, retrospection, reverie, review, revolving, ricercar, rote, rote memory, rough copy,
rough draft, rough outline, ruminate, rumination, run over,
run-through, sail loft, sake, sanctum sanctorum, scan, science, scientific education,
score, screed, scrutinize, scrutiny, seek, seminar, serodiagnosis, set an
examination, shop, sift, silhouette, silver-print
drawing, single-mindedness, sinopia, size, size up, sketch, smear, social science, sonata, sonatina, special article,
specialty, speculate, speculation, speculativeness,
sphere, stabile, stacks, stargazing, statue, still life, strain, string orchestra, string
quartet, strive, striving, struggle, studio, studiousness, studying, subdiscipline, subject, submersion, survey, swat, swatting, sweat, sweat blood, swot, swot up, swotting, symposium, take care, take
heed, take stock of, take the measure, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk
over, technical education, technicology, technics, technology, term paper,
test, theme, theme and variations,
thesis, think about,
think over, thoughtfulness, thresh
out, ticket office, town meeting, toy with, tracing, tract, tractate, trance, treat, treatise, treatment, trio, trivium, turn over, urinalysis, uroscopy, variation, ventilate, ventilation, vet, view, vignette, virtu, visitation, wade through,
watch out, weigh, weighing, wide reading,
will, wistfulness, woolgathering, work, work of art, work-up,
workroom