application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection

long hours of study.

the cultivation of a particular branch of learning, science, or art

the study of law.

Often, studies. a personal effort to gain knowledge

to pursue one's studies.

something studied or to be studied

Balzac's study was human nature.

research or a detailed examination and analysis of a subject, phenomenon, etc.

She made a study of the transistor market for her firm.

a written account of such research, examination, or analysis

He published a study of Milton's poetry.

a well-defined, organized branch of learning or knowledge.

zealous endeavor or assiduous effort.

the object of such endeavor or effort.

deep thought, reverie, or a state of abstraction

He was lost in study and did not hear us come in.

a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.

Also called étude. Music . a composition that combines exercise in technique with a greater or lesser amount of artistic value.

Literature .

a literary composition executed for exercise or as an experiment in a particular method of treatment.

such a composition dealing in detail with a particular subject, as a single main character.

Art . something produced as an educational exercise, as a memorandum or record of observations or effects, or as a guide for a finished production

She made a quick pencil sketch of his hands as a study for the full portrait in oils.

a person, as an actor, considered in terms of his or her quickness or slowness in memorizing lines

a quick study.

to apply oneself to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or practice.

to apply oneself; endeavor.

to think deeply, reflect, or consider.

to take a course of study, as at a college.

to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge of (a subject).

to examine or investigate carefully and in detail

to study the political situation.

to observe attentively; scrutinize

to study a person's face.

to read carefully or intently

to study a book.

to endeavor to learn or memorize, as a part in a play.

to consider, as something to be achieved or devised.

to think out, as the result of careful consideration or devising.

verb

forget , ignore , neglect

noun

abstraction , academic work , analyzing , application , attention , class , cogitation , comparison , concentration , consideration , contemplation , course , cramming , debate , deliberation , examination , exercise , inquiry , inspection , investigation , lesson , meditation , memorizing , muse , musing , pondering , questioning , reading , reasoning , reflection , research , reverie , review , rumination , schoolwork , scrutiny , subject , survey , thought , trance , weighing , calculation , lucubration , check , checkup , perusal , view , absent-mindedness , bemusement , brown study , daydreaming , drill , rehearsal , training

verb

apply oneself , bone up * , brood over , burn midnight oil , bury oneself in , coach , cogitate , consider , crack the books , cram , dig * , dive into , examine , excogitate , go into , go over , grind * , hit the books * , inquire , learn , learn the ropes * , lucubrate , meditate , mind , mull over , perpend , peruse , plug * , plunge , polish up , ponder , pore over , read , read up , refresh , think , think out , think over , tutor , weigh , brainstorm * , canvass , case , check out , check over , check up , compare , deliberate , do research , figure , give the eagle eye , inspect , investigate , keep tabs , look into , research , scope , scrutinize , sort out , survey , view , con , check , traverse , chew on , contemplate , entertain , mull , muse , reflect , revolve , ruminate , think through , turn over , analysis , analyze , con over , consideration , dig , dissect , explore , eye , grind , lesson , look , lucubration , memorize , office , perusal , pore , review , scan , schoolwork , watch