Study

noun

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Noun

a branch of knowledge
“anthropology is the study of human beings”
Similar:Bailiwick Discipline Field Subject
Type of:Domain
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
“no schools offer graduate study in interior design”
Similar:Work
Type of:AcquisitionLearning
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
“this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale”
Similar:Report
Type of:DocumentPapers
a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
“a study in spiccato bowing”
Type of:OpusPieceComposition
a room used for reading and writing and studying
“he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study”
Type of:Room
a state of deep mental absorption
“she is in a deep study”
Type of:ConcentrationAbsorptionEngrossment
someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
“he is a quick study”
Type of:MemorizerMemoriser
attentive consideration and meditation
Similar:Cogitation
Type of:ThoughtfulnessReflectionReflexion
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
Similar:Sketch
Type of:Drawing
a detailed critical inspection
Similar:Survey
Type of:ExaminationScrutiny

think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
“He is meditating in his study”
Similar:Contemplate Meditate
Type of:CerebrateThinkCogitate
learn by reading books
“He is studying geology in his room”
Type of:LearnAcquireLarn
give careful consideration to
Similar:Consider
Type of:ExcogitateReflectRuminate
be a student of a certain subject
Similar:Learn Read Take
consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Similar:Analyse Analyze Canvass Examine
be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning