Study is to spend time learning about or investigating a subject.
(verb)Study is the act of learning and spending time discovering information or an academic work or investigation about a particular thing or subject area.
(noun)See study in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. studies
Origin: ME studie < OFr estudie < L studium, zeal, study < studere, to busy oneself about, apply oneself to, study, orig., prob., to aim toward, strike at, akin to tundere, to strike, beat < IE *(s)teud- < base *(s)teu-, to beat > stock, steep
transitive verb studied, studying
intransitive verb
See study in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. stud·ies
Origin:
Origin: Middle English studie
Origin: , from Old French estudie
Origin: , from Latin studium
Origin: , from studēre, to study
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