Dictionary entry details
• STUDY (noun)
Meaning:
A detailed critical inspection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
study; survey
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):
resurvey (a new survey or study)
Meaning:
Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
study; work
Context examples:
mastering a second language requires a lot of work / no schools offer graduate study in interior design
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)
Meaning:
A written document describing the findings of some individual or group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
report; written report; study
Context example:
this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):
medical report (a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient)
position paper (a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy)
progress report (a report of work accomplished during a specified time period)
green paper (a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion)
blue book (a report published by the British government; bound in blue)
white book; white paper (a government report; bound in white)
case study (a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure)
assay (a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance)
Meaning:
A state of deep mental absorption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
she is in a deep study
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)
Meaning:
A room used for reading and writing and studying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Holonyms ("study" is a part of...):
house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)
Meaning:
A branch of knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
subject field; subject area; field of study; discipline; branch of knowledge; bailiwick; subject; field; study
Context examples:
in what discipline is his doctorate? / teachers should be well trained in their subject / anthropology is the study of human beings
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
knowledge base; knowledge domain (the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):
futuristics; futurology (the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions)
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
military science (the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare)
escapology (the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment))
graphology (the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition))
numerology (the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs)
protology (the study of origins and first things)
theogony (the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods)
applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
occultism (the study of the supernatural)
communication theory; communications (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.))
major (the principal field of study of a student at a university)
frontier (an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development)
genealogy (the study or investigation of ancestry and family history)
allometry (the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole)
bibliotics (the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity)
ology (an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge)
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Meaning:
Preliminary drawing for later elaboration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sketch; study
Context example:
he made several studies before starting to paint
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):
design (a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something)
draft; rough drawing (a preliminary sketch of a design or picture)
vignette (a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books))
Meaning:
Attentive consideration and meditation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cogitation; study
Context example:
after much cogitation he rejected the offer
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
contemplation; musing; reflection; reflexion; rumination; thoughtfulness (a calm lengthy intent consideration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "study"):
lucubration (laborious cogitation)
Meaning:
Someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he is a quick study
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
memoriser; memorizer (a person who learns by rote)
Meaning:
A composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
a study in spiccato bowing
Hypernyms ("study" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
• STUDY (verb)
Meaning:
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
study; examine; analyze; analyse; canvass; canvas
Context examples:
analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare / analyze the evidence in a criminal trial / analyze your real motives
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):
consider; look at; view (look at carefully; study mentally)
sieve; sift (check and sort carefully)
investigate; look into (investigate scientifically)
follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)
screen (examine methodically)
audit; inspect; scrutinise; scrutinize (examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification)
reexamine; review (look at again; examine again)
assay (analyze (chemical substances))
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
appraise; survey (consider in a comprehensive way)
diagnose (subject to a medical analysis)
diagnose; name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
anatomize (analyze down to the smallest detail)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue study the movie
Meaning:
Be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):
major (have as one's principal field of study)
Sentence frames:
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Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give careful consideration to
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
consider; study
Context example:
consider the possibility of moving
Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):
chew over; contemplate; excogitate; meditate; mull; mull over; muse; ponder; reflect; ruminate; speculate; think over (reflect deeply on a subject)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):
compare; equate; liken (consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Be a student of a certain subject
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
learn; study; read; take
Context example:
She is reading for the bar exam
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):
audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)
prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)
drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Learn by reading books
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
hit the books; study
Context examples:
He is studying geology in his room / I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now
Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
"Study" entails doing...:
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "study"):
bone; bone up; cram; drum; get up; grind away; mug up; swot; swot up (study intensively, as before an exam)
con; learn; memorise; memorize (commit to memory; learn by heart)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
meditate; contemplate; study
Context example:
He is meditating in his study
Hypernyms (to "study" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Sentence frame:
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