Study
['stʌdɪ] or ['stʌdi]
Definition
(noun.) a room used for reading and writing and studying; 'he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study'.
(noun.) a state of deep mental absorption; 'she is in a deep study'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; 'a study in spiccato bowing'.
(noun.) someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); 'he is a quick study'.
(verb.) learn by reading books; 'He is studying geology in his room'; 'I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now'.
(verb.) be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning.
(verb.) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; 'He is meditating in his study'.
(verb.) give careful consideration to; 'consider the possibility of moving'.
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Definition
(v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.
(v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
(v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
(v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
(v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
(v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude.
(n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
(n.) To apply the mind to books or learning.
(n.) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
(v. t.) To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
(v. t.) To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.
(v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
(v. t.) To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Research, inquiry, investigation, close attention.[2]. Meditation, thought, reflection, cogitation, studious mood, contemplation.[3]. Subject of attention.
v. n. [1]. Meditate, muse, reflect, cogitate, think, ponder, apply the mind.[2]. Be eager, be zealous, try hard, do one's best.
v. a. [1]. Learn, apply the mind to.[2]. Investigate, examine, scrutinize, contemplate, ponder, weigh, sift, search into, meditate on, think about, reflect upon, inquire into, consider attentively, revolve in the mind.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Application, learning, meditation, diligence, consideration, thought,contemplation, care, endeavor, research, intention, purpose
ANT:Indulgence, idleness, illiterateness, thoughtlessness, ease, indifference,carelessness, unstudiousness, negligence
SYN:Examine, con_over, consider,[See CONSIDER]
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Definition
v.t. to bestow pains upon: to apply the mind to: to examine closely in order to learn thoroughly: to form and arrange by thought: to con over.—v.i. to apply the mind closely to a subject: to try hard: to muse meditate reflect: to apply the mind to books:—pa.t. and pa.p. stud′ied.—n. a setting of the mind upon a subject earnest endeavour application to books &c.: absorbed attention: contrivance: any object of attentive consideration: any particular branch of learning: a room devoted to study: a first sketch from nature a drawing or painting hastily done to facilitate later and more elaborate work a student's exercise in painting or sculpture: a composition in music intended to help in acquiring mechanical facility: in theatrical phrase one who commits a part to memory.—adj. Stud′ied qualified by or versed in study: learned: planned with study or deliberation: premeditated.—adv. Stud′iedly in a studied or premeditated manner.—n. Stud′ier one who studies.
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her perpetual study was to relieve us from labour and to spread ease and even elegance over our altered mode of life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And where are the open questions: the issues that everybody should consider, the problems that scientists should study? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No, the lack is something to be made up for by the introduction of still another study, or, if necessary, another kind of school. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The explanation of this well-known fact is found in a further study of the elastic balls (Fig. 170). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He studies her at his leisure, not speaking for a time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A wealth of evidence could be adduced to support this from the studies of dreams and fantasies made by the Freudian school of psychologists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As mere school studies, their acquisition has only a technical worth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We cannot establish a hierarchy of values among studies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By the aid of these lines the barometric conditions over a large area can be studied. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You have studied music, probably? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The propeller was the only part of their airship they had not studied when they began to build. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He studied at Leghorn under Professor Rosa, and later at the University of Bologna with Professor Righi. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the following Sections some of these forms will be studied. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Nine years later Sir Isaac Newton, having studied Gregory’s plans, built the first reflecting telescope, which is now to be seen in the hall of the Royal Society in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He won't do it unless he is very much worried, and only threatens it sometimes, when he gets tired of studying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I got into the cab and gave the driver the address of Simmons, one of the men I knew who was studying singing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Gutenberg sat studying the broken block of wood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Meantime a young man named George Stephenson, who was working at a coal mine at Killingworth, seven miles north of Newcastle, was studying out a new plan of locomotive. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I am studying it, Marty answered. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The good lady next door says he is studying too hard and needs young society, amusement, and exercise. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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