study, n.
(studies)
freq. cnt. 131
(studies)
freq. cnt. 131
a detailed critical inspection
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 95 freq. cnt.: 90 freq. cnt.: 5
study survey
applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11
study work
sample sentences
"mastering a second language requires a lot of work""no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a room used for reading and writing and studying
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
study
sample sentences
"he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
a state of deep mental absorption
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
study
sample sentences
"she is in a deep study"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 56 freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 6
report study written report
sample sentences
"this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a branch of knowledge
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
bailiwick discipline field field of study study subject subject area subject field
sample sentences
"in what discipline is his doctorate?""teachers should be well trained in their subject"
"anthropology is the study of human beings"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
occultism
communications, communication theory
major
frontier
genealogy
allometry
bibliotics
ology
science, scientific discipline
architecture
landscape architecture
engineering, technology, engineering science, applied science
futurology, futuristics
arts, liberal arts, humanistic discipline, humanities
theology, divinity
military science
escapology
graphology
numerology
protology
theogony
hypernym
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 2
sketch study
sample sentences
"he made several studies before starting to paint"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
attentive consideration and meditation
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
cogitation study
sample sentences
"after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
<noun.communication>
study
sample sentences
"a study in spiccato bowing"
semantic pointers
hypernym
someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
<noun.person>
study