Definitions for study

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study stud·y

Spelling: [stuhd-ee]

IPA: /ˈstʌd i/

Study is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in study (dstuy).

Definitions for study

noun

1. application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection:
2. the cultivation of a particular branch of learning, science, or art:
3. Often, studies. a personal effort to gain knowledge:
4. something studied or to be studied:
5. research or a detailed examination and analysis of a subject, phenomenon, etc.:
6. a written account of such research, examination, or analysis:
7. a well-defined, organized branch of learning or knowledge.
8. zealous endeavor or assiduous effort.
9. the object of such endeavor or effort.
10. deep thought, reverie, or a state of abstraction:
11. a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
12. Also called étude. Music. a composition that combines exercise in technique with a greater or lesser amount of artistic value.
13. Literature. a literary composition executed for exercise or as an experiment in a particular method of treatment. such a composition dealing in detail with a particular subject, as a single main character.
14. Art. something produced as an educational exercise, as a memorandum or record of observations or effects, or as a guide for a finished production:
15. a person, as an actor, considered in terms of his or her quickness or slowness in memorizing lines:

verb (used with object)

1. to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge of (a subject).
2. to examine or investigate carefully and in detail:
3. to observe attentively; scrutinize:
4. to read carefully or intently:
5. to endeavor to learn or memorize, as a part in a play.
6. to consider, as something to be achieved or devised.
7. to think out, as the result of careful consideration or devising.

verb (used without object)

1. to apply oneself to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or practice.
2. to apply oneself; endeavor.
3. to think deeply, reflect, or consider.
4. to take a course of study, as at a college.

Origin of study

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English studie Old French estudie Latin studium, equivalent to stud(ēre) to be busy with, devote oneself to, concentrate on + -ium -ium; (v.)

Examples for study

I like to be stirred by emotion, I suppose, and I like to study character.

"Nice place to study in, sir," said Thompson, as we walked along.

Indeed, study after study affirms the benefits of involved fatherhood for women and children.

She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.

But most of this gap, say the researchers who carried out the study, is due to discrimination.

But the evils regarding the hours of study and the nature of the studies were as bad.

“It is not well that youth should study over long,” said the old man.

Do you suppose there's a chance for me to live at Harlowe House and study?

But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.

A recent U.S. study found men get a “daddy bonus” —employers seem to like men who have children and their salaries show it.