study

Meaning

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 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. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
12. Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstʌdi/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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