STUDY (studied)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does study mean? 

• STUDY (noun)
  The noun STUDY has 10 senses:

1. a detailed critical inspection

2. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

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

4. a state of deep mental absorption

5. a room used for reading and writing and studying

6. a branch of knowledge

7. preliminary drawing for later elaboration

8. attentive consideration and meditation

9. someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

10. a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

  Familiarity information: STUDY used as a noun is familiar.

• STUDY (verb)
  The verb STUDY has 6 senses:

1. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

2. be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

3. give careful consideration to

4. be a student of a certain subject

5. learn by reading books

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

  Familiarity information: STUDY used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STUDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A detailed critical inspection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

study; survey

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):

resurvey (a new survey or study)

Derivation:

study (give careful consideration to)

study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

study; work

Context example:

no schools offer graduate study in interior design

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Derivation:

studious (characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading)

study (be a student of a certain subject)

study (learn by reading books)

study (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A written document describing the findings of some individual or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

report; study; written report

Context example:

this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):

white book; white paper (a government report; bound in white)

medical report (a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient)

position paper (a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy)

progress report (a report of work accomplished during a specified time period)

blue book (a report published by the British government; bound in blue)

case study (a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure)

assay (a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance)

green paper (a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A state of deep mental absorption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

she is in a deep study

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)

Derivation:

study (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A room used for reading and writing and studying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Holonyms ("study" is a part of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A branch of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field

Context example:

anthropology is the study of human beings

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain (the content of a particular field of knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)

futuristics; futurology (the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions)

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)

military science (the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare)

escapology (the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment))

graphology (the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition))

numerology (the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs)

protology (the study of origins and first things)

theogony (the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods)

landscape architecture (the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of large man-made constructs)

science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)

ology (an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge)

bibliotics (the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity)

allometry (the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole)

genealogy (the study or investigation of ancestry and family history)

frontier (an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development)

major (the principal field of study of a student at a university)

communication theory; communications (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.))

occultism (the study of the supernatural)

Derivation:

study (be a student of a certain subject)

study (be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Preliminary drawing for later elaboration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sketch; study

Context example:

he made several studies before starting to paint

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):

design (a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something)

draft; rough drawing (a preliminary sketch of a design or picture)

vignette (a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Attentive consideration and meditation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

cogitation; study

Context example:

after much cogitation he rejected the offer

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

contemplation; musing; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness (a calm, lengthy, intent consideration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):

lucubration (laborious cogitation)

Derivation:

study (think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes)

study (give careful consideration to)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

he is a quick study

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

memoriser; memorizer (a person who learns by rote)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

a study in spiccato bowing

Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):

composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)

• STUDY (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study

Context example:

analyze your real motives

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):

consider; look at; view (look at carefully; study mentally)

sieve; sift (check and sort carefully)

investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)

appraise; survey (consider in a comprehensive way)

follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)

screen (examine methodically)

audit; inspect; scrutinise; scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)

reexamine; review (look at again; examine again)

assay (analyze (chemical substances))

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)

compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)

survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)

diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)

diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)

anatomize (analyze down to the smallest detail)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue study the movie

Derivation:

study (a detailed critical inspection)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):

major (have as one's principal field of study)

minor (have as one's secondary field of study)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)

study (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))

study (a branch of knowledge)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give careful consideration to

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

consider; study

Context example:

consider the possibility of moving

Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):

chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)

Verb group:

consider; debate; deliberate; moot; turn over (think about carefully; weigh)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):

factor; factor in; factor out (consider as relevant when making a decision)

compare; equate; liken (consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE

Derivation:

study (a detailed critical inspection)

study (attentive consideration and meditation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be a student of a certain subject

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

learn; read; study; take

Context example:

She is reading for the bar exam

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):

audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)

prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)

drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

study (a branch of knowledge)

studying (reading carefully with intent to remember)

study (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Learn by reading books

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

hit the books; study

Context example:

I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now

Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):

acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)

"Study" entails doing...:

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):

con; learn; memorise; memorize (commit to memory; learn by heart)

bone; bone up; cram; drum; get up; grind away; mug up; swot; swot up (study intensively, as before an exam)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

study (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))

studying (reading carefully with intent to remember)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

contemplate; meditate; study

Context example:

He is meditating in his study

Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

study (a state of deep mental absorption)

study (attentive consideration and meditation)

 Context examples 

A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.

(ABT-751, NCI Dictionary)

But if I am not mistaken I hear him upon the stair, so we shall have something more interesting than his pipe to study.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes; the back parlour was both his study and ours: he sat near the window, and we by the table.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I rose and, standing behind Holmes, studied it over his shoulder.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Come into the study, Mr. Malone.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dear me, Staples, how often have I said that I am not to be disturbed in my hours of study?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The lamps were also lit in the study or library, and I found the Count lying on the sofa, reading, of all things in the world, an English Bradshaw's Guide.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A substance being studied in the treatment of several types of cancer.

(Abexinostat, NCI Dictionary)

It is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

(ABI-007, NCI Dictionary)

A substance that has been studied in the treatment of some types of cancer.

(ACN53, NCI Dictionary)