study
English
Verb
(en-verb)
(usually, academic) To revise 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.
- I need to study my biology notes.
(academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
- I study medicine at the university.
To acquire knowledge on a subject.
- Biologists study living things.
To look at minutely.
- He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
* Jonathan Swift
- I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable.
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
* Bible, 1 Thessalonians iv. 11
- And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you
Synonyms
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Noun
(studies)
(label) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
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*:wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I my?te preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte
(label) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one’s concern.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Just men they seemed, and all their study bent / To worship God aright, and know his works.
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
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*1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
*:During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study ; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
*1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
*:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=John T. Jost
, volume=100, issue=2, page=162, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?
, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}
The act of studying; examination.
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Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
*(William Law) (1686-1761)
*:The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study .
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:The proper study of mankind is man.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News
, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
(senseid)A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
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*(Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)
*:his cheery little study
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
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(label) A piece for special practice; an .
Synonyms
* (private male room) cabinet, closet (archaic)
Coordinate terms
* (private male room) boudoir (female equivalent)
Derived terms
* brown study
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survey
English
Noun
(wikipedia survey )
(en noun )
The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Denham)
- Under his proud survey the city lies.
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
- A survey”’ of the stores of a ship; a ”’survey”’ of roads and bridges; a ”’survey of buildings.
An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
- The local council conducted a survey of its residents to help it decide whether to go ahead with the roadside waste collection service.
A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group the people.
- I just filled out that survey on roadside waste pick-up.
The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the earth’s surface.
A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
- The owners of the adjoining plots had conflicting surveys .
Synonyms
* (act of surveying) prospect, surveil
* (particular view) review
Derived terms
* trigonometric survey
Verb
(en verb )
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Milton)
- Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above.
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Dryden)
- With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round.
To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.
To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
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Derived terms
* surveying
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* surveyance
* surveyee
* surveyor
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