studdy

Verb

study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)

1. (intransitive, literary, transitive, usually) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
   • Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
2. (literary, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
   • I study medicine at the university.
3. (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
   • Biologists study living things.
4. (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
   • He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
5. (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
   • July 10, 1732, Jonathan Swift, letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
     I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
6. (archaic, intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
   • And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians 4:11

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