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# study

«study» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spend time learning about something, by reading…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (study, studies, studied, studying); noun (study, a study, studies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To study is to spend time learning about something, by reading, practising and thinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m1)

2) To study something is to look at it very carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m2)

3) A study is a piece of research to find out facts, like a scientific study. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m3)

4) A study is a quiet room in a house for reading, writing or working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m4)

5) «Studies» can mean school subjects, like «social studies». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m5)

6) A study can also be a quick drawing or painting made to prepare for a finished picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils study maths, science and history and study for tests. In science, scientists do studies to test ideas and collect data. In everyday life, a home may have a study. Phrases: «study for», «study hard», «case study», «social studies», «study group».

### examples

- I need to study for my maths test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x1)
- We are studying the life cycle of a frog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x2)
- Study the picture and find five differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x3)
- A new study shows that sleep helps memory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x4)
- Dad works from home in his study. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x5)
- Social studies is my favourite subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x6)
- She studies the piano every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x7)
- It was a study for a painter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/#x8)

### note

Spelling: studies, studied (y → i), but studying (keep y). As a noun it is countable for research or rooms («two studies») and uncountable for learning in general («time for study»). The person who studies is a «student».

### In the corpora

- [Scientists still study why we dream; there is no evidence that dream pictures have fixed hidden meanings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/14/)
- [A study found that cats and dogs often get on best when the cat comes into the home before the dog.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/121-spike-and-tom-real-dogs-and-cats/7/)
- [Pigs learn names, solve puzzles and in one study even steered a joystick with their snouts to play a simple computer game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/3/)
- [Vets study for about five years or more at university and learn about many different kinds of animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/227-the-vet/15/)
- [For its weight, some spider silk is stronger than steel and very stretchy, which is why scientists study it so closely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «study» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/study/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.