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Noun
  • a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
    • a study in spiccato bowing
  • someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
    • he is a quick study
  • attentive consideration and meditation
    • after much cogitation he rejected the offer
  • preliminary drawing for later elaboration
    • he made several studies before starting to paint
  • 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
  • a room used for reading and writing and studying
    • he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study
  • a state of deep mental absorption
    • she is in a deep study
  • a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
    • this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
  • 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
  • a detailed critical inspection
Verb
  • think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
    • He is meditating in his study
  • learn by reading books; I must hit the books now"
    • He is studying geology in his room
    • I have an exam next week
  • be a student of a certain subject
    • She is reading for the bar exam
  • give careful consideration to
    • consider the possibility of moving
  • be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
  • 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
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