1. Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
   "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"

1. Be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
   "She studied biology at the university"
    
2. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
   "study a sonnet by Shakespeare";
   - analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], examine, canvass
    
3. Give careful consideration to
   "study the possibility of moving";
   - consider
    
4. Be a student of a certain subject
   "She is studying for the bar exam";
   - learn, read, take
    
5. Learn by reading books
   "He is studying geology in his room";
   - hit the books [informal]
    
6. Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
   "He is meditating in his study";
   - meditate, contemplate

See also: affected, unnatural

Type of: acquire, act, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, excogitate, exert, larn [informal], learn, meditate, move, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reckon, reflect, regard, ruminate, see, speculate, think, think over, view

Antonym: uncontrived

Encyclopedia: Studied