study

a detailed critical inspection

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”

a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

• “this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale”

a state of deep mental absorption

• “she is in a deep study”

a room used for reading and writing and studying

• “he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study”

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”

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• “he made several studies before starting to paint”

attentive consideration and meditation

• “after much cogitation he rejected the offer”

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

• “he is a quick study”

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

• “a study in spiccato bowing”

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”

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

give careful consideration to

• “consider the possibility of moving”

be a student of a certain subject

• “She is reading for the bar exam”

learn by reading books

• “He is studying geology in his room”
• “I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now”

think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

• “He is meditating in his study”