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Noun study has 10 senses
- survey, study - a detailed critical inspection
--1 is a kind of examination, scrutiny
--1 has particulars: resurvey
- study, work - 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"
--2 is a kind of learning, acquisition
- report, study, written report - a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
--3 is a kind of document, written document, papers
--3 has particulars:
- study - a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
--4 is a kind of concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
- study - a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
--5 is a kind of room
--5 is a part of house
- discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge - 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"
--6 is a kind of knowledge domain, knowledge base
--6 has particulars: | | occultism; communications, communication theory; major; frontier; allometry; bibliotics; ology; science, scientific discipline; architecture; engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology; futurology, futuristics; humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts; theology, divinity; military science; numerology; protology; theogony |
- sketch, study - preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
--7 is a kind of drawing
--7 has particulars: design; draft, rough drawing; vignette
- cogitation, study - attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
--8 is a kind of contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness
--8 has particulars: lucubration
- study - someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); "he is a quick study"
--9 is a kind of memorizer, memoriser
- study - a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
--10 is a kind of musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
Verb study has 6 senses
- analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas - 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"
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue study the movie
- study - be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
Sample sentences:
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- study, consider - give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
--3 is one way to chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- learn, study, read, take - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- study, hit the books - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
--5 is one way to learn, larn, acquire
Sample sentences:
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- study, meditate, contemplate - think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
--6 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentence:
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