📒 the activity of learning or gaining knowledge, either from books or by examining things in the world
- a room set aside for private study
- academic/literary/scientific study
- It is important to develop good study skills.
📒 a particular person’s learning activities, for example at a college or university
- to continue your studies
- Many undertake further studies after college.
- She returned to her studies when her children reached school age.
📒 used in the names of some academic subjects
- business/media/American studies
- He lectures in management studies.
- She's doing women's studies at Liverpool University.
📒 a piece of research that examines a subject or question in detail
- to conduct/undertake a study
- Research studies carried out in Italy confirmed the theory.
- study on something He has recently done a study on the effects of traffic and aircraft noise.
📒 an academic book or article on a particular topic
- a study of Jane Austen's novels
- Shakespeare is the subject of a new study by Anthony Bryan.
📒 the act of considering or examining something in detail
- These proposals deserve careful study.
- under study the biochemical process under study
📒 a room, especially in somebody’s home, used for reading and writing
- She crossed the hallway and opened the door to her private study.
📒 a drawing or painting of something, especially one done for practice or before doing a larger picture
- a study of Chartres Cathedral
- a nude study
📒 the act of showing or describing somebody/something in literature or another art form, especially a character or an aspect of behaviour
- The novel is a character study of a city and its people.
📒 a piece of music designed to give a player practice in technical skills
📒 a perfect example of something
- His face was a study in concentration.
📒 thinking deeply so that you do not notice what is happening around you