study

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈstʌdi/
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  • Rhymes:-ʌdi

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishstudien,fromOld Frenchestudier(Modern Frenchétudier), from the nounestudie,borrowed fromLatinstudium.Displaced nativeOld Englishcneordlæcan.

Verb

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study(third-person singular simple presentstudies,present participlestudying,simple past and past participlestudied)

  1. (usually academic,transitive,intransitive)Toreviewmaterials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for anexamination.
    Students are expected to startstudyingfor final exams in March.
    I need tostudymy biology notes.
  2. (academic,transitive)To take acourseor courses on a subject.
    Istudymedicine at the university.
  3. (transitive)Toacquireknowledgeon asubjectwith theintentionofapplyingit inpractice.
    Biologistsstudyliving things.
    In 2015, scientists found that 82 percent of glaciersstudiedin China had decreased in size.
  4. (transitive)To look atminutely.
    Hestudiedthe map in preparation for the hike.
  5. (transitive)To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
    • July 10, 1732,Jonathan Swift,letterto Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
      I found a moral first, andstudiedfor a fable.
  6. (intransitive)Toendeavordiligently; to bezealous.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofstudy
infinitive (to)study
present tense past tense
1st-personsingularstudy studied
2nd-personsingular study,studiest†
3rd-personsingular studies,studieth†
plural study
subjunctive study studied
imperative study —
participles studying studied
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishstudie,fromOld Frenchestudie(Modern Frenchétude), borrowed fromLatinstudium(“zeal,dedication,study”),[1][2]fromProto-Indo-European*(s)tewd-(“to push, hit”).Doubletofetudeandstudio.

Noun

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study(countableanduncountable,pluralstudies)

  1. Mental effort to acquireknowledgeor learning.
    Thestudyof languages is fascinating.
    • 1661,John Fell,The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond‎[1]:
      During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day instudy;by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
    • 1699,William Temple,Heads designed for an essay on conversations‎[2]:
      Studygives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
    • 2012March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”,inAmerican Scientist,volume100,number 2, page162:
      He draws eclectically onstudiesof baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
  2. The act of studying or examining;examination.
    I made a carefulstudyof his sister.
    • 2013September-October,Katie L. Burke,“In the News”,inAmerican Scientist:
      Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…].The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a newstudysheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
  3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
  5. Aroomin a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
    Father spends all his time in thestudyporing over manuscripts.
  6. Anartworkmade in order topractiseordemonstratea subject or technique.
    astudyof heads or of hands for a figure picture
  7. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
    Geoffrey's face was astudy.
    Geoffrey's face was astudyin amazement [or in bewilderment, irritation, distress etc.]
  8. (music)A piece for special practice; anetude.
  9. (academic)Anacademicpublication.
    That newstudyon noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
  10. One who commits atheatricalparttomemory.
  11. (chess)Anendgameproblem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
  12. (obsolete)A state of mentalperplexityor worried thought.
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory,chapterXX,inLe Morte Darthur,book I:
      wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I myȝte preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in astudyand bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte
      Well, said the king, thou mayst take my horse by force, but an I might prove thee whether thou were better on horseback or I. Well, said the knight, seek me here when thou wilt, and here nigh this well thou shalt find me, and so passed on his way. Then the king sat in a study, and bade his men fetch his horse as fast as ever they might.
  13. (archaic)Thought,as directed to a specific purpose; one'sconcern.
    Mystudywas to avoid disturbing her.
    • 1667,John Milton,“Book X”, inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:
      Just men they seemd, and all thirstudybent / To worship God aright, and know his works.
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Coordinate terms
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  • (private male room):boudoir(female equivalent)
Derived terms
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Translations
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act of studying or examining—seeexamination
music: piece for special practice—seeetude
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References

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  1. ^Oxford English Dictionary,1st ed. "study,v."Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
  2. ^Oxford English Dictionary,1st ed. "study,n."Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.

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