Study | Mean of study in English Dictionary

/ˈstʌdi/

• Noun
• the activity or process of learning about something by reading, memorizing facts, attending school, etc.
1. Becoming a doctor requires years of study.
2. You can improve your knowledge of the natural world by study and observation.
3. She is engaged in the study of law. [=she is studying law]
4. You can design your own course of study. [=you can choose the subjects you will study]
5. She will return to her studies after vacation.
6. He left the service to pursue his studies.
• an area of learning taught in a school
1. literary/American/women's studies
• something that a person studies or gives attention to
1. Their habits make an interesting study. [=it is interesting to study their habits]
2. She has made a study of the problem. [=she has studied the problem]

• an organized experiment in which many things are looked at, measured, recorded, etc., in order to learn more about something
1. The agency conducted an environmental study.
2. He took part in a study of childhood obesity.
• a report or publication based on a study
1. The study of the new drug will be published next year.
• a quiet room in someone's home for reading, writing, etc.
1. She spent the evening reading in her/the study.
• a person who learns or memorizes something
1. He's a fast/quick study. [=he learns things quickly]
2. When it comes to computers, I'm a slow study.
• something or someone that clearly has or shows a particular quality or feature
1. The evening was a study in contrasts. [=some parts of the evening were very different from other parts]
2. He was a study in concentration as he gazed at the computer screen.
• an artistic work that deals with a particular subject and that is done especially to prepare for a larger work
• a musical composition that is created for the practice of a particular technique
• being thought about and considered so that a decision can be made
1. The proposal is under study.
• Verb
• to read, memorize facts, attend school, etc., in order to learn about a subject
1. She studied hard.
2. Did you study for the test?
3. She's studying to be a teacher.
4. He is studying music.
• to give careful attention to (something)
1. I studied the request carefully.
2. She was studying his face for a reaction.
3. The proposal was studied in great detail.
• to conduct an organized experiment in order to learn more about (something)
1. The effects of the drug have never been thoroughly studied.