1. application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, such as by reading, investigation, or reflection: Long hours of study had made her an expert.
2. the cultivation of a particular branch of learning, science, or art: The study of law is challenging for many.
3. a personal effort to gain knowledge: She made many sacrifices to pursue her studies.
4. something the mind is or will be applied to: Balzac's study was human nature.
5. research or a detailed examination and analysis of a subject, phenomenon, etc.: She made a study of the transistor market for her firm.
6. a written account of detailed research, examination, or analysis: He published a study of Milton's poetry.
7. a well-defined, organized branch of learning or knowledge.
8. zealous endeavor or assiduous effort.
9. the object of endeavor or effort.
10. deep thought, reverie, or a state of abstraction: He was lost in study and did not hear us come in.
11. a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private intellectual effort, reading, writing, or the like.
12. a composition that combines exercise in technique with a greater or lesser amount of artistic value.
13. Literature.
• a literary composition executed for exercise or as an experiment in a particular method of treatment.
• such a composition dealing in detail with a particular subject, as a single main character.
14. something produced as an educational exercise, as a memorandum or record of observations or effects, or as a guide for a finished production: She made a quick pencil sketch of his hands as a study for the full portrait in oils.
15. a person, such as an actor, considered in terms of their quickness or slowness in memorizing lines: He's always been a quick study.

16. to apply oneself to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or practice.
17. to apply oneself; endeavor.
18. to think deeply, reflect, or consider.
19. to take a course of learning, as at a college.

20. to apply oneself to acquiring a knowledge of (a subject).
21. to examine or investigate carefully and in detail: to study the political situation.
22. to observe attentively; scrutinize: to study a person's face.
23. to read carefully or intently: to study a book.
24. to endeavor to learn or memorize, as a part in a play.
25. to consider, as something to be achieved or devised.
26. to think out, as the result of careful consideration or devising.

1. to apply the mind to the learning or understanding of (a subject), esp by reading
2. to investigate or examine, as by observation, research, etc
3. to look at minutely; scrutinize
4. to give much careful or critical thought to
5. to take a course in (a subject), as at a college
6. to try to memorize
7. to meditate or contemplate; reflect

• the act or process of studying
• (as modifier)
9. a room used for studying, reading, writing, etc
10. work relating to a particular discipline
11. an investigation and analysis of a subject, situation, etc
12. a product of studying, such as a written paper or book
13. a drawing, sculpture, etc, executed for practice or in preparation for another work
14. a musical composition intended to develop one aspect of performing technique
15. a person who memorizes a part in the manner specified
16. in a reverie or daydream

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