1. (

• survey ,
• study

) a detailed critical inspection ;

2. (

• study ,
• work

) 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" ;

3. (

• report ,
• study ,
• written_report

) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" ;

4. (

• study ,

) a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study" ;

5. (

• study

) a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" ;

6. (

• discipline ,
• subject ,
• subject_area ,
• subject_field ,
• field ,
• field_of_study ,
• study ,
• bailiwick

) 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" ;

7. (

• sketch ,
• study ,

) preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint" ;

8. (

• cogitation ,
• study ,

) attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer" ;

9. (

• study

) someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); "he is a quick study" ;

10. (

• study ,

) a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing" ;

1. (

• analyze ,
• analyse ,
• study ,
• examine ,
• canvass ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• study ,

) be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning ;

3. (

• study ,
• consider

) give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving" ;

4. (

• learn ,
• study ,
• read ,
• take ,

) be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" ;

5. (

• study ,
• hit_the_books

) learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" ;

6. (

• study ,
• meditate ,
• contemplate

) think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study" ;