study

1.a detailed critical inspection

2.applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading);

mastering a second language requires a lot of work

3.a written document describing the findings of some individual or group;

this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale

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?

7.preliminary drawing for later elaboration;

he made several studies before starting to paint

8.attentive consideration and meditation;

after much cogitation he rejected the offer

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

1.consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning;

analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare

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

4.be a student of a certain subject;

She is reading for the bar exam

5.learn by reading books;

He is studying geology in his room

6.think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes;

He is meditating in his study