study

A1 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈstʌd.i/ UK /ˈstʌd.i/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #1275

Meanings

1

verb
To spend time learning about a subject, often at school or college.

She is studying biology at university.
2

verb
To look at something carefully to learn more about it.

The scientists studied the effects of the new medicine.
3

noun
A piece of work that examines a subject in detail.

A recent study shows that exercise improves sleep.
4

noun
A room in a house used for reading and working.

He keeps all his books in the study.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to look at something... examine

3 noun · a piece of work that... report

More conelucubrateexploration inquiry investigation research revise sot

Word family

Forms studiedstudiedlystudierstudiesstudying

Derived forms biostudybread-studycounterstudycyberstudyforestudyinterstudymegastudymetastudymicrostudymultistudynonstudynonstudying

Related forms astrology education knowledge learningnumerologypseudosciencestudent studious

Common collocations

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

studie Middle English estudie Old French studium Latin *(s)tewd- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Education & Learning

# study

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈstʌd.i
**IPA (UK):** ˈstʌd.i
**Frequency rank:** 1275

## Meanings
1. To spend time learning about a subject, often at school or college.
2. To look at something carefully to learn more about it.
3. A piece of work that examines a subject in detail.
4. A room in a house used for reading and working.

## Examples
- She is studying biology at university.
- The scientists studied the effects of the new medicine.
- A recent study shows that exercise improves sleep.
- He keeps all his books in the study.

## Synonyms
- con
- elucubrate
- exploration
- inquiry
- investigation
- research
- revise
- sot

## Derived Forms
- biostudy
- bread-study
- counterstudy
- cyberstudy
- forestudy
- interstudy
- megastudy
- metastudy
- microstudy
- multistudy
- nonstudy
- nonstudying

## Related Forms
- astrology
- education
- knowledge
- learning
- numerology
- pseudoscience
- student
- studious

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: studie
- Root: estudie
- Root: studium
- Root: *(s)tewd-

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

## AI Etymology
Study is inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio. In present-day use, it can mean to spend time learning about a subject, often at school or college, or to look at something carefully to learn more about it.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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