n. 25B6; noun
two years of study : LEARNING, education, schooling, academic work, scholarship, tuition, research; informal swotting, cramming.
a study of global warming : INVESTIGATION, enquiry, research, examination, analysis, review, survey.
Father was in his study : OFFICE, workroom, studio.
a critical study : ESSAY, article, work, review, paper, dissertation, disquisition.
25B6; verb
Anne studied hard : WORK, revise; informal swot, cram, mug up; archaic con.
he studied electronics : LEARN, read, be taught.
Thomas was studying child development : INVESTIGATE, inquire into, research, look into, examine, analyse, explore, review, appraise, conduct a survey of.
she studied her friend thoughtfully : SCRUTINIZE, examine, inspect, consider, regard, look at, eye, observe, watch, survey; informal check out; N. Amer. informal eyeball.
25A0; in a brown study LOST IN THOUGHT, in a reverie, musing, ruminating, cogitating, dreaming, daydreaming; informal miles away.