study

noun

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

The act of studying or examining; examination.

Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

(music) A piece for special practice; an etude.

(academic) An academic publication.

One who commits a theatrical part to memory.

(chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.

The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

(obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.

(archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

verb

(usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

(academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.

(transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

(transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.

(transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.

(intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

Roots

studeostud- · Latin · be eager, apply oneself

Synonyms for study

restudyn surveyn examinev analyzev researchn meditatev readv investigatev investigationn contemplatev examinationn analysisn lucubratev

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