“study”

Definitions

• noun

  a detailed critical inspection

  Synonyms: survey, nachtmusik, absorption, abstractedness, abstraction, adaptation, advisement, aim, air, airing, aleatory, ambition

• noun

  applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

  Synonyms: work

  • Example:“Mastering a second language requires a lot of work.”
  • Example:“No schools offer graduate study in interior design.”

• noun

  a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

  Synonyms: report, written report

  • Example:“This accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale.”

• noun

  a state of deep mental absorption

  • Example:“She is in a deep study.”

• noun

  a room used for reading and writing and studying

  • Example:“He knocked lightly on the closed door of the study.”

• noun

  a branch of knowledge

  Synonyms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick

  • Example:“In what discipline is his doctorate?”
  • Example:“Teachers should be well trained in their subject.”