study
a detailed critical inspection
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,034 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,760 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a detailed critical inspection also: survey
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) also: work mastering a second language requires a lot of workno schools offer graduate study in interior design
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group also: report, written report this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
- a state of deep mental absorption she is in a deep study
- a room used for reading and writing and studying he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study
- a branch of knowledge also: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study in what discipline is his doctorate?teachers should be well trained in their subject
study in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He rose by degrees from mere spelling to the study of a foreign language, German.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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After this Kiki went into the garden and sitting beneath a tree made a careful study of the paper.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Really, they will be obliged to study here, and Arabella won't want to, and I don't think Patricia could.
Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore · Amy Brooks · Chapter 1
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In his study he was literally entombed in books---volumes in all languages--and Avonsbridge supposed him able to read them all.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Parisian above all, the commissary has had ample time to study his ground when he was yet only a peace-officer.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1