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study

noun
  1. a detailed critical inspection
    survey
  2. preliminary drawing for later elaboration
    sketch
  3. a room used for reading and writing and studying
    “They knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.”
  4. a state of deep mental absorption
    “I am in a deep study.”
  5. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
    work
  6. attentive consideration and meditation
    cogitation
  7. a branch of knowledge
    subjectdisciplinefieldsubject areasubject fieldfield of studybailiwick
  8. a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
    “a study in spiccato bowing”
  9. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
    “this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale”
    report
  10. someone who learns quickly and easily, as the lines for a part in a play
    “The new understudy is a quick study.”
verb
  1. be a student of a certain subject
    takereadlearn
  2. learn by reading books
    “We are studying geology in my room.”
    hit the books
  3. be a student
    “follow a course of study”
  4. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
    canvascanvassanalyzeanalyseexamine
  5. to think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
    “I studied my options carefully.”
    meditatecontemplate
  6. give careful consideration to
    consider