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Meaning of study

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  study
      n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn: {survey}, {study}]
      2: 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" [syn: {study}, {work}]
      3: a written document describing the findings of some individual
         or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and
         Dale" [syn: {report}, {study}, {written report}]
      4: a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
      5: a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked
         lightly on the closed door of the study"
      6: 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" [syn:
         {discipline}, {subject}, {subject area}, {subject field},
         {field}, {field of study}, {study}, {bailiwick}]
      7: preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several
         studies before starting to paint" [syn: {sketch}, {study}]
      8: attentive consideration and meditation; "after much
         cogitation he rejected the offer" [syn: {cogitation},
         {study}]
      9: someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a
         part in a play); "he is a quick study"
      10: a composition intended to develop one aspect of the
          performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
      v 1: 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" [syn: {analyze},
           {analyse}, {study}, {examine}, {canvass}, {canvas}]
      2: be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an
         institute of learning
      3: give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of
         moving" [syn: {study}, {consider}]
      4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
         bar exam" [syn: {learn}, {study}, {read}, {take}]
      5: learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room";
         "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" [syn:
         {study}, {hit the books}]
      6: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
         is meditating in his study" [syn: {study}, {meditate},
         {contemplate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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