study
Nouns
- (n) a detailed critical inspection survey,
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(n) 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
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(n) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
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(n) a state of deep mental absorption
- she is in a deep study
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(n) a room used for reading and writing and studying
- he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study
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(n) 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
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(n) preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- he made several studies before starting to paint
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(n) attentive consideration and meditation
- after much cogitation he rejected the offer
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(n) someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- he is a quick study
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(n) a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a study in spiccato bowing
Verbs
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(v) 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
- (v) be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
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(v) give careful consideration to
- consider the possibility of moving
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(v) be a student of a certain subject
- She is reading for the bar exam
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(v) learn by reading books
- He is studying geology in his room
- I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
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(v) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- He is meditating in his study