Study

Verb

 * 1)  To revise materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
 * Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
 * I need to study my biology notes.
 * 1)  To take a course or courses on a subject.
 * I study medicine at the university.
 * 1) To acquire knowledge on a subject.
 * Biologists study living things.
 * 1) To look at minutely.
 * He studied the map in preparation for the hike.

Noun

 * 1)  A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.20:
 * Thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte.
 * 1)  Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
 * My study was to avoid disturbing her.
 * 1) Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
 * The study of languages is fascinating.
 * 1) The act of studying; examination.
 * I made a careful study of his sister.
 * 1) A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
 * 2) An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

Synonyms

 * cabinet, closet

Coordinate terms

 * boudoir

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:study

Derived terms

 * brown study

Adjectives for Study
antiquarian;  unsympathetic;   superficial; graduate; modern; comparative; remarkable; illuminating; long-continued; scientific; painstaking; extraordinary; systematic; unfavorable; preparatory; revealing; proper; comprehensive; extensive; book-lined; judicial; concise; forthright; up-to-the-minute; provocative; expert; full-length; fundamental; flippant; exhaustive; philosophical; continuous; assiduous; daring; delightful; watchful; careful; serious; old; desperate; concentrated; patient; theological; authoritative; morbid; analytical; technical; advanced; striking; instructive; candid; crude; suggestive; academic; intensive; satirical; vigorous; compulsory; fossil; obvious; diversified; profitless; linguistic; detailed; actual; thorough; curious; measured; topographical; ornamental; valuable; practical; searching; artistic; cartographic; tempting; clever; immediate; qualitative; perpetual; useless; passionate; lifetime; whimsical; sample; persistent; slight; consecutive; historic; constant; sociological; diligent; rational; economic; indispensable; illusory; rough-hewn; brilliant-hued; convincing; long-interrupted; solitary; utmost; exalted; laborious; statistical; contrapuntal; profound; daily; conscientious; energetic; sublime; penetrating; vivid; incessant; exciting; complicated; mathematical; desultory; previous; ethnographical; probing; intimate; monumental.

Verbs for Study
carry on—s; commence—; confine—; delve into—; devote time to—; direct—; distract f-nrn—; embrace—of; engage in—; engross in—; enlarge range fff—; facilitate—; focus —on; further—; guide—s; impel—; incorporate—; neglect—; plunge into—; proclaim —of; pursue—; select—; simplify—; specstabilize—; standardize—s; ialize in— thirst for— compensates toy with—; undertake—; — —discloses; —edifies; —enlightens; —occupies; —reveals; —rewards; —sharpens; absorb in—; apply—; buckle down to—.

Adverbs for Study
desultorily; diligently; extensively; minutely; assiduously; scrupulously; meticulously; persistently; exhaustively; historically; systematically; conscientiously; earnestly; fervently; obstinately; theoretically; monastically; unremittingly; indefatigably; abstractly; philosophically.

Thesaurus
Nachtmusik, Pap test, Walter Mitty, absence of mind, absolute music, absorbed attention, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, academic discipline, academic specialty, adaptation, advisement, aim, air, air varie, airing, aleatory, aleatory music, ambition, analysis, analyze, anatomic diagnosis, animus, application, applied science, area, arena, arrangement, art, art object, article, aspiration, atelier, attend to business, autopsy, be abstracted, be alert, be determined, be obsessed with, bemusement, biological diagnosis, biopsy, black and white, bone, boning, booking office, box office, brainchild, brainwork, branch, branch office, bric-a-brac, brood, brooding, brouillon, brown study, buzz session, cabinet, canvass, canvassing, cartoon, castle-building, causerie, chamber music, chamber orchestra, chambers, chancellery, chancery, charcoal, charcoal drawing, check, check out, check over, check up, check up on, chew over, chew the cud, chiaroscuro, classic, classical education, clinical diagnosis, close study, closet, colloquium, comment upon, commit to memory, commitment to memory, composition, con, concentrate on, concentration, concern, conference, conning, consider, consideration, consulate, contemplate, contemplation, contemplativeness, controvert, core curriculum, corporate headquarters, counsel, course, course of study, cram, cramming, crayon, creation, curriculum, cytodiagnosis, daydream, daydreamer, daydreaming, deal with, debate, debating, deep study, deep thought, deliberate, deliberate upon, deliberation, delineation, den, department of knowledge, depth of thought, descant, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, diagnosis, diagram, dialectic, dialogue, differential diagnosis, dig, digest, digital examination, discipline, discourse, discourse about, discuss, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, domain, doodle, draft, drawing, dream, dreaming, drill, ebauche, effect, elective, electrocardiography, electroencephalography, electromyography, electronic music, elucubrate, embassy, endeavor, engagement, engrossment, enquiry, esquisse, essay, etude, examination, examine, exchange of views, exchange views, excogitate, excursus, executive office, exercise, exercise of memory, exploration, exposition, extensive study, fantasy, fantasying, feature, field, field of inquiry, field of study, first approach, fit of abstraction, fix on, fixed purpose, flashback, focus on, forum, function, general education, general studies, get by heart, get letter-perfect, give an examination, give heed, go into, go over, graph, grind, grinding, grotesque, handle, harmonization, haunt, have by heart, headquarters, headwork, heed, hindsight, home office, homily, humanities, idea, immersion, incidental music, inquiry, inspect, inspection, instrumental music, intendment, intent, intention, intentness, introductory study, introspect, invention, investigate, investigation, involvement, joint discussion, kitsch, knock around, know by heart, labor, laboratory diagnosis, learn about, learn by heart, learn verbatim, learning, learning by heart, legation, lesson, lessons, liberal arts, library, line drawing, loft, logical analysis, logical discussion, look at, look lively, look out, look over, look sharp, looking back, lucubrate, lucubration, main office, major, mammography, master, masterpiece, masterwork, meaning, meditate, meditation, melancholy, memoir, memorization, memorize, memorizing, mental labor, mind, minor, miss nothing, mobile, monitor, monograph, monomania, mooning, moonraking, morceau, motive, mull over, muse, muse on, musefulness, museum piece, musing, muted ecstasy, natural science, nisus, nocturne, note, nude, observe, obsession, office, old master, ology, open discussion, open forum, opus, oral examination, orchestration, outline, overhaul, overhauling, overlook, pandect, panel discussion, paper, paragraph, parrot, pass over, pass under review, pastel, pasticcio, pastiche, pay attention, pay heed, peer at, pen-and-ink, pencil drawing, pensiveness, perlustration, perpend, perusal, peruse, physical diagnosis, physical examination, piece, piece of virtu, pipe dream, pipe-dreaming, plan, play around with, play with, plunge into, point, ponder, pondering, pore over, postmortem, postmortem diagnosis, practice, preliminary study, preoccupation, production, profound thought, program music, project, prolegomenon, proposal, proseminar, prospectus, province, pure science, purpose, quadrivium, quality control, rap, rap session, rapt attention, read, reading, reason, reason about, reason the point, recall, recalling, recite, recollecting, recollection, reconsideration, reflect, reflection, reflectiveness, refresher course, regard studiously, remembering, remembrance, reminiscence, repeat, repeat by heart, research, research paper, resolution, resolve, restudy, restudying, retreat, retrospect, retrospection, reverie, review, revolving, ricercar, rote, rote memory, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, ruminate, rumination, run over, run-through, sail loft, sake, sanctum sanctorum, scan, science, scientific education, score, screed, scrutinize, scrutiny, seek, seminar, serodiagnosis, set an examination, shop, sift, silhouette, silver-print drawing, single-mindedness, sinopia, size, size up, sketch, smear, social science, sonata, sonatina, special article, specialty, speculate, speculation, speculativeness, sphere, stabile, stacks, stargazing, statue, still life, strain, string orchestra, string quartet, strive, striving, struggle, studio, studiousness, studying, subdiscipline, subject, submersion, survey, swat, swatting, sweat, sweat blood, swot, swot up, swotting, symposium, take care, take heed, take stock of, take the measure, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, technical education, technicology, technics, technology, term paper, test, theme, theme and variations, thesis, think about, think over, thoughtfulness, thresh out, ticket office, town meeting, toy with, tracing, tract, tractate, trance, treat, treatise, treatment, trio, trivium, turn over, urinalysis, uroscopy, variation, ventilate, ventilation, vet, view, vignette, virtu, visitation, wade through, watch out, weigh, weighing, wide reading, will, wistfulness, woolgathering, work, work of art, work-up, workroom

Etymology
studie: < estudie: <  studium:.

In sense of private room, from studiolo:. Cognate to studio:, also from.

Verb

 * French:


 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: درس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 學習, 学习
 * French:, faire des études
 * German: studieren


 * Japanese: 勉強する
 * Russian: учиться
 * Spanish: estudiar
 * Volapük: studön


 * Arabic: درس
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 學習, 学习, 學, 学
 * French:
 * German: studieren, lernen
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: पढ़ना
 * Italian: studiare


 * Japanese: 学ぶ, 勉強する
 * Korean: 공부하다
 * Persian: درس خواندن, خواندن
 * Russian: учиться,  учить , изучать , изучить
 * Spanish: estudiar
 * Thai: ศึกษา, เรียน
 * Urdu: پڑھنا
 * Vietnamese: học, nghiên cứu


 * French:
 * German: studieren


 * Russian: изучать, изучить


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: पढ़ाई करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , stunda nám,
 * Ido: studiar
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 공부하다
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خوێندن, سه‌عی کردن
 * Lao: ຮຽນຫນັງສື
 * Macedonian:, проучува,  изучува
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: rannsaich, rùraich
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: studera, plugga (informal)
 * Telugu: చదువుకొను (chaduvukonu)
 * Urdu: پڑھایٔ کرنا
 * Welsh: astudio

Noun

 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: studie
 * Esperanto: studado, studo
 * Finnish:, , opinto
 * French:
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: पढ़ाई
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: nám, bóknám, lærdómur, fræðiiðkan, athugun, rannsókn, könnun, skoðun, námsefni, rannsóknarefni, fræðigrein


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani:سه‌عی
 * Lithuanian:
 * Romanian: studiu, studiere
 * Russian: изучение,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: చదువు (chaduvu)
 * Urdu: پڑھایٔ
 * Welsh: astudiaeth


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: studeerkamer, studiezaal
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lesstofa, lesherbergi, bókaherbergi


 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: работна соба
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-rannsachaidh
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: ; etydi (in music)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:


 * : estudo
 * : seòmar-rannsachaidh, seòmar-leughaidh
 * : študij (1), študija  (3)
 * : studie (1,3), studierum, studio  (2)
 * : studie (1,3), studierum, studio  (2)

Related terms

 * student
 * studious

Anagrams

 * dusty, Dusty