study meaning and definition

STUDY noun

Definition of study (noun)

1. a detailed critical inspection
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: work
3. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
   • "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, subject, subject area, subject field
7. preliminary drawing for later elaboration
   • "he made several studies before starting to paint"
   • synonyms: sketch
8. attentive consideration and meditation
   • "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
   • synonyms: 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"

STUDY verb

Definition of study (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"
   • synonyms: analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine
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"
   • synonyms: consider
4. be a student of a certain subject
   • "She is reading for the bar exam"
   • synonyms: learn, read, take
5. learn by reading books
   • "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
   • synonyms: hit the books
6. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
   • "He is meditating in his study"
   • synonyms: contemplate, meditate