Definition: a detailed critical inspection
Definition: preliminary drawing for later elaboration
Usage: he made several studies before starting to paint
Main entry: study
Definition: a room used for reading and writing and studying
Usage: he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study
Main entry: study
Definition: a state of deep mental absorption
Usage: she is in a deep study
Definition: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Usage: mastering a second language requires a lot of work; no schools offer graduate study in interior design
Main entry: study, cogitation
Definition: attentive consideration and meditation
Usage: after much cogitation he rejected the offer
Main entry: field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, discipline
Definition: a branch of knowledge
Usage: in what discipline is his doctorate?; teachers should be well trained in their subject; anthropology is the study of human beings
Main entry: study
Definition: a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
Usage: a study in spiccato bowing
Main entry: study, written report, report
Definition: a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
Usage: this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
Main entry: study
Definition: someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
Usage: he is a quick study
Main entry: take, study, read, learn
Definition: be a student of a certain subject
Usage: She is reading for the bar exam
Main entry: hit the books, study
Definition: learn by reading books
Usage: He is studying geology in his room; I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
Main entry: study
Definition: be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
Main entry: study, examine, analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass
Definition: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Usage: analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare; analyze the evidence in a criminal trial; analyze your real motives
Main entry: study, meditate, contemplate
Definition: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
Usage: He is meditating in his study
Definition: give careful consideration to
Usage: consider the possibility of moving