self-studynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌselfˈstʌd.i/us/ˌselfˈstʌd.i/a way of learning about a subject that involves studying alone at home, rather than in a classroom with a teacher:
The diploma is awarded following a course of self-study ending in a three-hour exam.
self-study materials/workbooks/programs
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- know which side your bread is buttered (on) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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