study
n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn: {survey}]
2: applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject
(especially by reading); "mastering a second language
requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study
in interior design" [syn: {work}]
3: a written document describing the findings of some
individual or group; "this accords with the recent study
by Hill and Dale" [syn: {report}]
4: a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
5: a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he
knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
6: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his
doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their
subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
[syn: {discipline}, {subject}, {subject area}, {subject
field}, {field}, {field of study}, {branch of knowledge}]
7: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several
studies before starting to paint" [syn: {sketch}]
8: attentive scrutiny and thought; "after much cogitation he
rejected the offer" [syn: {cogitation}]
9: someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a
part in a play); "he is a quick study"
10: a composition intended to develop one aspect of the
performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a
sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a
criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: {analyze},
{analyse}, {examine}]
2: be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an
institute of learning
3: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of
moving" [syn: {consider}]
4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: {learn}, {read}, {take}]
5: learn by reading book; "He is studying geology in his room"
6: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
is meditating in his study" [syn: {meditate}, {contemplate}]