study

English Online Dictionary. What means study‎? What does study mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌdi/
• Rhymes: -ʌdi

Etymology 1

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

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (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.

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

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

4. (transitive) To look at minutely.

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. (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• con
• elucubrate
• research
• revise
• swot

Derived terms

• Bible study
• self-study
• study up on

Translations

Etymology 2

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, hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

Noun

study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)

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.
5. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
6. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

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

8. (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
9. (academic) An academic publication.

10. One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
11. (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
12. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
13. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

Synonyms

• (room for reading and writing): home office
• (private male room): cabinet, closet (archaic)

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:study

Coordinate terms

• (private male room): boudoir (female equivalent)

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Anagrams

• Dusty, Dutys, Duyst, dusty