study
noun
[ ˈstʌdi ]
• the devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject, especially by means of books.
• "the study of English"
Similar:
learning,
education,
schooling,
work,
academic work,
book work,
scholarship,
tuition,
research,
swotting,
cramming,
• a detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation.
• "a study of a sample of 5,000 children"
Similar:
investigation,
inquiry,
research,
examination,
analysis,
review,
survey,
scrutiny,
evaluation,
interpretation,
• a room used or designed for reading, writing, or academic work.
• "the third bedroom was used as a study"
• a piece of work, especially a drawing, done for practice or as an experiment.
Similar:
essay,
article,
piece,
work,
review,
report,
paper,
dissertation,
commentary,
discourse,
critique,
disquisition,
• a thing or person that is an embodiment or good example of something.
• "he perched on the edge of the bed, a study in confusion and misery"
study
verb
• devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.
• "I studied classics at college"
Similar:
learn,
read,
read up on,
work at,
be taught,
be tutored in,
mug up on,
• look at closely in order to observe or read.
• "she bent her head to study the plans"
Similar:
scrutinize,
examine,
inspect,
consider,
regard,
look at,
eye,
observe,
watch,
survey,
keep an eye on,
keep under surveillance,
clock,
check out,
eyeball,
• make an effort to achieve (a result) or take into account (a person or their wishes).
• "with no husband to study, housekeeping is mere play"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French estudie (noun), estudier (verb), both based on Latin studium ‘zeal, painstaking application’.
