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# studying

«studying» in Mova's school dictionary: **Spending time learning about a subject 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 (-ing form of study); noun (studying — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Spending time learning about a subject by reading, practising or going to lessons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#m1)

2) Looking at something carefully to understand it: "He was studying the map." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils are studying maths, science and English; older pupils spend evenings studying for tests. In science, scientists are studying animals, stars and diseases. Phrases: studying for a test, studying hard, studying at university.

### examples

- I am studying for my spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x1)
- My sister is studying medicine at university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x2)
- She was studying the map to find the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x3)
- Scientists are studying how bees talk to each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x4)
- Studying a little every day works better than all at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x5)
- We are studying the Vikings this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x6)
- There was once a young man who was studying to be a poet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x7)

### note

Spelling: keep the y before -ing: "studying", not "studing". But "studies" and "studied" change y to i. "Study" can also be a noun: "a study" is a room for working, or a piece of research.

### In the corpora

- [Some people get goosebumps from music they love, and scientists are still studying why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn/12/)
- [In a library you speak quietly or whisper and walk, because people are reading and studying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/5/)
- [In the library you speak quietly, because others are reading and studying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/12/)
- [Nobody has ever been to the mantle or the core; we know about them by studying how earthquake waves travel through the Earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/41-inside-the-earth/11/)
- [Some people have tiredness, breathlessness or brain fog for months after COVID, called long COVID; doctors are still studying why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/12-covid-and-staying-home/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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