study

study
I
n.
investigation

1) to conduct, do, make a study

2) a careful, detailed, exhaustive, in-depth, intensive, rigorous, thorough; scientific study

3) a classic, classical; definitive study

4) a case; epidemiological; experimental; time-and-motion (AE), work (BE) study

5) under study (the matter is under study)

branch of learning, subject

6) nature study

learning

7) supervised study

II
v.

1) to study diligently, hard

2) (D; intr.) to study for (to study for a degree)

3) (d; intr.) to study under (to study under a well-known professor)

4) (Q) to study how to survive in the wilderness

* * *
['stʌdɪ]
classical
definitive study
detailed
epidemiological
exhaustive
experimental
indepth
intensive
make a study
rigorous
scientific study
work (BE) study
time-and-motion (AE)
(Q) to study how to survive in the wilderness
['branch of learning, subject'] nature study
['investigation'] to conduct
['learning'] supervised study
a careful
a case
a classic
to study diligently
under study (the matter is under study)
(D; intr.) to study for (to study for a degree)
(d; intr.) to study under (to study under a well-known professor)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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