Meaning & Definition of Study in English

1. A detailed critical inspection

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"

3. A written document describing the findings of some individual or group

• "This accords with the recent study by hill and dale"

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"

7. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• "He made several studies before starting to paint"

8. Attentive consideration and meditation

• "After much cogitation he rejected the offer"

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"

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"

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"

4. Be a student of a certain subject

• "She is reading for the bar exam"

5. Learn by reading books

• "He is studying geology in his room"

• "I have an exam next week

• I must hit the books now"

6. Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• "He is meditating in his study"