studyverb
uk/ˈstʌd.i/us/ˈstʌd.i/study verb (LEARN)
A1 [ I or T ] to learn about a subject, especially in an educational course or by reading books:
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- She couldn't study with the children chasing around the house.
- One of the main reasons I came to England was to study the language.
- You'll need peace and quiet to study.
- Richard studied engineering at Manchester University.
- I studied music at college.
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Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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study verb (EXAMINE)
B2 [ T ] to examine something very carefully:
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- You can take the documents home and study them at your leisure.
- The committee studied the minutiae of the report for hours.
- She studied the document.
- She studied the pale skin of his face in the dim lamplight.
- I've been studying village records in the local archive.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- judge
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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Phrasal verb(s)
studynoun
uk/ˈstʌd.i/us/ˈstʌd.i/study noun (EXAMINING)
B2 [ C ] the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover new information:
[ C ] a drawing that an artist makes in order to test ideas before starting a painting of the same subject
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Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- assessment
- construction
- critique
- heed
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- press
- prognostication
- rap
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
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study noun (LEARNING)
B2 [ U ] the act of learning about a subject, usually at school or university:
studying or work involving studying:
used in the names of some educational subjects and courses:
B1 [ C ] a room, especially in a house, used for quiet work such as reading or writing
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- the study of molecular biology
- After years of study, Tim is now a fully-fledged architect.
- The room is dedicated to study.
- If we clear out the spare room, you can use it as a study.
- Our spare bedroom doubles up as a study for Dan when he's working at home.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- specialize
- tell
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