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study¹

  • /ˈstʌd.i/ UK
  • /ˈstʌd.i/ US
  • [ˈstʌɾ.i] US
  • /ˈstʊd.i/
  • /(ɪ)ˈsʈəɖ.i/ South Asia

Rhymes with -ʌdi

Where it comes from

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

verb studies · studying · studied · study

  1. intransitive, literary, transitive, usually To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination. Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
  2. literary, transitive To take a course or courses on a subject. I study medicine at the university.
  3. transitive To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice. Biologists study living things.
  4. transitive To look at carefully and minutely. He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
  5. transitive To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
  6. archaic, intransitive To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]

Similar: con, elucubrate, research, revise, sot

study²

  • /ˈstʌd.i/ UK
  • /ˈstʌd.i/ US
  • [ˈstʌɾ.i] US
  • /ˈstʊd.i/
  • /(ɪ)ˈsʈəɖ.i/ South Asia

Rhymes with -ʌdi

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

noun studies

  1. countable, uncountable Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning. The study of languages is fascinating.
  2. countable, uncountable The act of studying or examining; examination. I made a careful study of his sister.
  3. countable, uncountable Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration. The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study.
  4. countable, uncountable A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household. Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.
  5. countable, uncountable An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique. a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture
  6. countable, uncountable The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind. Geoffrey's face was a study.
  7. countable, uncountable A piece for special practice; an etude.
  8. countable, literary, uncountable An academic publication. That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
  9. countable, uncountable One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
  10. countable, uncountable An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
  11. countable, obsolete, uncountable A state of mental perplexity or worried thought. wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I myȝte preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche hi
  12. archaic, countable, uncountable Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern. My study was to avoid disturbing her.

Similar: study, inquiry, investigation, exploration

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