What is the meaning of study?

noun

• A detailed critical inspection.
  • synonyms: survey
• Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading. )
  • usage: "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
  • synonyms: work
• A written document describing the findings of some individual or group.
  • usage: "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
  • synonyms: report, written report
• A state of deep mental absorption.
  • usage: "she is in a deep study"
• A room used for reading and writing and studying.
  • usage: "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
• A branch of knowledge.
  • usage: "in what discipline is his doctorate"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
  • synonyms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick
• Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
  • usage: "he made several studies before starting to paint"
  • synonyms: sketch
• Attentive consideration and meditation.
  • usage: "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
  • synonyms: cogitation
• Someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play. )
  • usage: "he is a quick study"
• A composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique.
  • usage: "a study in spiccato bowing"

verb

• Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
  • usage: "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
  • synonyms: analyze, analyse, examine, canvass, canvas
• Be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning.
• Give careful consideration to.
  • usage: "consider the possibility of moving"
  • synonyms: consider
• Be a student of a certain subject.
  • usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • synonyms: learn, read, take
• Learn by reading books.
  • usage: "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
  • synonyms: hit the books
• Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.
  • usage: "He is meditating in his study"
  • synonyms: meditate, contemplate