1. Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
   "no schools offer graduate study in interior design";
   - work
    
2. A detailed critical inspection
   "The architectural firm conducted a thorough study of the historic building before beginning renovations";
   - survey
    
3. A state of deep mental absorption
   "she is in a deep study"
    
4. A written document describing the findings of some individual or group
   "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale";
   - report, written report
    
5. A room used for reading and writing and studying
   "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
    
6. Attentive consideration and meditation
   "after much study he rejected the offer";
   - cogitation
    
7. A branch of knowledge
   "anthropology is the study of human beings"; "in what field of study is his doctorate?";
   - discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick
    
8. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration
   "he made several studies before starting to paint";
   - sketch
    
9. A composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
   "a study in spiccato bowing"
    
10. Someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
    "he is a quick study"

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

Derived forms: studying, studied, studies

Type of: absorption, acquire, acquisition, act, cerebrate, chew over, cogitate, composition, concentration, consider, contemplate, contemplation, doc [informal], document, domain, drawing, engrossment, examination, excogitate, exert, immersion, knowledge base, knowledge domain, larn [informal], learn, learning, meditate, memoriser [Brit], memorizer, move, mull, mull over, muse, musical composition, musing, opus, papers, piece, piece of music, ponder, reckon, reflect, reflection, reflexion [Brit], regard, room, ruminate, rumination, scrutiny, see, speculate, think, think over, view, written document

Part of: house

Encyclopedia: Study