From Middle English studien , from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier ), from the noun estudie , borrowed from Latin studium . Displaced native Old English cneordlæcan .
study (third-person singular simple present studies , present participle studying , simple past and past participle studied )
( usually academic, transitive , intransitive ) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination .
Students are expected to start studying for final exams in March.
I need to study my biology notes.
( academic, transitive ) To take a course or courses on a subject.
I study medicine at the university.
( transitive ) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice .
Biologists study living things.
In 2015, scientists found that 82 percent of glaciers studied in China had decreased in size.
( transitive ) To look at minutely .
He studied the map in preparation for the hike.
( transitive ) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
July 10, 1732 , Jonathan Swift , letter to Mr. Gay and The Duchess of Queensberry
I found a moral first, and studied for a fable.
( intransitive ) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous .
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to revise/review materials
Albanian: nxë , mësoj (sq)
Arabic: ذَاكَرَ ( ḏākara ) , دَرَسَ (ar) ( darasa )
Egyptian Arabic: درس ( daras )
South Levantine Arabic: درس ( dáras )
Armenian: սովորել (hy) ( sovorel ) , ուսանել (hy) ( usanel ) , պարապել (hy) ( parapel )
Assamese: পঢ়া-শুনা কৰা ( porha-xuna kora ) , অধ্যয়ন কৰা ( odhyoyon kora )
Basque: ikasi
Belarusian: вучы́ць impf ( vučýcʹ )
Bulgarian: у́ча (bg) impf ( úča )
Catalan: estudiar (ca)
Cebuano: tuon
Czech: studovat (cs) impf
Danish: studere , lære (da)
Dutch: studeren (nl) , leren (nl)
Esperanto: studi
Estonian: õppima (et)
Finnish: lukea (fi) , opiskella (fi) , tutkia (fi)
French: étudier (fr)
Galician: estudar (gl)
Georgian: სწავლობს ( sc̣avlobs )
German: lernen (de)
Greek: μελετώ (el) ( meletó ) , σπουδάζω (el) ( spoudázo )
Hebrew: לָמַד (he) ( lamád )
Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) ( paṛhnā )
Hungarian: tanul (hu) , átnéz (hu) , (át) ismétel
Icelandic: læra (is) , lesa (is) , stúdera
Ilocano: agadal
Indonesian: belajar (id) , mempelajari (id) , mengkaji (id)
Italian: studiare (it)
Kabyle: ɣer
Kapampangan: magaral
Kashmiri: پَرُن ( parun )
Latin: studeo
Malay: ulang kaji
Malayalam: പഠിക്കുക (ml) ( paṭhikkuka )
Maori: whakatewhatewha , whakatātare , akoako
Marathi: अभ्यासणे ( abhyāsṇe )
Mbyá Guaraní: nhembo'e
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: êtudier
Northern Qiang: ˈləɹʐɨ
Norwegian: studere (no) , lære (no)
Occitan: estudiar (oc)
Old English: leornian , ġecneordlǣċan
Ottoman Turkish: اوقومق ( okumak )
Polish: uczyć się impf
Portuguese: estudar (pt)
Romanian: studia (ro) , învăța (ro)
Russian: учи́ть (ru) impf ( učítʹ ) , изуча́ть (ru) impf ( izučátʹ ) , иссле́довать (ru) impf or pf ( isslédovatʹ ) , гото́виться (ru) ( gotóvitʹsja )
Southern Sami: lïeredh
Spanish: estudiar (es)
Swedish: studera (sv) , lära (sv) , läsa (sv)
Tagalog: mag-aral
Tamil: படி (ta) ( paṭi ) , கல் (ta) ( kal )
Turkish: çalışmak (tr)
Ukrainian: вчи́ти impf ( včýty ) , учи́ти impf ( učýty )
to take a course
Arabic: دَرَسَ (ar) ( darasa )
Egyptian Arabic: درس ( daras )
South Levantine Arabic: درس ( dáras )
Armenian: սովորել (hy) ( sovorel ) , ուսանել (hy) ( usanel ) , պարապել (hy) ( parapel )
Asturian: estudiar (ast)
Belarusian: вучы́цца impf ( vučýcca )
Bulgarian: у́ча се impf ( úča se )
Burmese: သင် (my) ( sang )
Catalan: estudiar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 學習 / 学习 (zh) ( xuéxí )
Czech: studovat (cs) impf
Danish: studere , læse (da)
Esperanto: studi
Estonian: õppima (et)
Finnish: opiskella (fi) , lukea (fi)
French: étudier (fr) , faire des études (fr)
Galician: estudar (gl)
German: studieren (de)
Hungarian: tanul (hu) , hallgat (hu) , tanulmányokat folytat
Indonesian: belajar (id) , mempelajari (id)
Japanese: 勉強する (ja) ( べんきょうする, benkyō suru )
Kabyle: ɣer
Korean: 공부하다 (ko) ( gongbuhada )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوێندِن (ckb) ( xwêndin )
Laki: خوەنین (ku) ( xwenîn ) , خوەنِن ( xwenin )
Northern Kurdish: xwendin (ku)
Southern Kurdish: خوەنین (ku) ( xwenîn )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Malayalam: പഠിക്കുക (ml) ( paṭhikkuka )
Maori: whakatewhatewha
Marathi: शिकणे (mr) ( śikṇe )
Navajo: ółtaʼ
Norman: êtudier
Old English: leornian , ġecneordlǣċan
Persian: دَرس خوانْدَن (fa) ( dars xândan )
Polish: studiować (pl) impf
Portuguese: estudar (pt)
Romanian: studia (ro)
Russian: учи́ться (ru) impf ( učítʹsja )
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: studěrowaś impf , studowaś impf , študěrowaś impf
Spanish: estudiar (es)
Swedish: studera (sv) , plugga (sv)
Tagalog: mag-aral
Turkish: okumak (tr)
Ukrainian: вчи́тися impf ( včýtysja ) , учи́тися impf ( učýtysja ) , навча́тися impf ( navčátysja )
Vietnamese: học (vi) (學 (vi) )
Volapük: studön (vo)
Yiddish: שטודירן ( shtudirn )
to acquire knowledge
Albanian: studioj (sq) , mësoj (sq) , nxë
Arabic: دَرَسَ (ar) ( darasa ) , تَعَلَّمَ (ar) ( taʕallama )
Armenian: ուսումնասիրել (hy) ( usumnasirel ) , հետազոտել (hy) ( hetazotel )
Asturian: estudiar (ast)
Azerbaijani: oxumaq (az)
Belarusian: вучы́цца impf ( vučýcca )
Bengali: শিক্ষা করা (bn) ( śikkha kora ) , শেখা (bn) ( śekha )
Bulgarian: у́ча се (bg) impf ( úča se )
Burmese: လေ့လာ (my) ( le.la ) , သင် (my) ( sang )
Catalan: estudiar (ca)
Cebuano: tuon
Chinese:
Cantonese: 學習 / 学习 ( hok6 zaap6 )
Dungan: щищүә ( xixüə ) (習學 / 习学 (xíxué ))
Hokkien: 學習 / 学习 (zh-min-nan) ( ha̍k-si̍p )
Mandarin: 學習 / 学习 (zh) ( xuéxí ) , 學 / 学 (zh) ( xué ) ( requires an object )
Wu: 學習 / 学习
Czech: studovat (cs) impf , učit se (cs) impf
Danish: studere
Dutch: studeren (nl)
Estonian: õppima (et)
Finnish: tutkia (fi)
French: étudier (fr)
Galician: estudar (gl)
Georgian: სწავლა ( sc̣avla )
German: studieren (de) , lernen (de) , erforschen (de)
Greek: μελετώ (el) ( meletó ) , μελετάω (el) ( meletáo )
Haitian Creole: etidye
Hebrew: לָמַד (he) ( lamád )
Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) ( paṛhnā ) , सीखना (hi) ( sīkhnā )
Hungarian: tanul (hu)
Icelandic: læra (is)
Indonesian: belajar (id) , mempelajari (id)
Interlingua: studiar
Italian: studiare (it) , imparare (it)
Japanese: 学ぶ (ja) ( まなぶ, manabu ) , 勉強する (ja) ( べんきょうする, benkyō suru )
Jeju: 공븨ᄒᆞ다 ( gongbuihawda ) , 베우다 ( be'uda )
Kashmiri: پَرُن ( parun ) , ہێچھُن ( hechun )
Kazakh: оқу (kk) ( oqu )
Khmer: រៀន (km) ( riən ) , សិក្សា (km) ( səksaa )
Korean: 공부하다 (ko) ( gongbuhada ) , 배우다 (ko) ( bae'uda )
Kyrgyz: окуу (ky) ( okuu )
Lao: ຮຽນ ( hīan ) , ສຶກສາ ( sưk sā )
Latin: studeō
Latvian: pētīt
Lithuanian: studijuoti , mokytis (lt)
Lü: ᦵᦣᧃ ( hen )
Macedonian: учи impf ( uči )
Malay: belajar (ms)
Malayalam: പഠിക്കുക (ml) ( paṭhikkuka )
Maori: ako
Marathi: शिकणे (mr) ( śikṇe )
Moksha: тонафнемс ( tonafńems )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сурах (mn) ( surax ) , суралцах (mn) ( suralcax )
Norman: êtudier
Norwegian:
Bokmål: studere (no)
Old English: leornian , ġecneordlǣċan
Pashto: څېړل (ps) ( ceṛᶕl ) , مطالعه کول ( motāle'akawᶕl )
Persian: مُطالِه کَردَن ( motâle kardan ) , دَرس خوانْدَن (fa) ( dars xândan ) , تَحصیل کَردَن ( tahsil kardan )
Polish: uczyć się (pl) impf
Portuguese: estudar (pt) , aprender (pt)
Romanian: studia (ro)
Russian: ( intransitive ) учи́ться (ru) impf ( učítʹsja ) , ( transitive ) учи́ть (ru) impf ( učítʹ ) , изуча́ть (ru) impf ( izučátʹ ) , изучи́ть (ru) pf ( izučítʹ ) , обуча́ться (ru) impf ( obučátʹsja )
Sanskrit: शिक्षति ( śikṣati )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀чити impf
Roman: ùčiti (sh) impf
Slovak: študovať impf , učiť sa impf
Slovene: učiti se (sl) impf
Spanish: estudiar (es)
Swedish: studera (sv)
Tagalog: matuto
Tajik: омухтан ( omuxtan ) , омӯхтан ( omüxtan ) , хондан (tg) ( xondan ) , дарс хондан ( dars xondan )
Thai: ศึกษา (th) ( sʉ̀k-sǎa ) , เรียน (th) ( riian )
Tibetan: སློབ་སྦྱོང་བྱེད ( slob sbyong byed )
Turkish: öğrenmek (tr)
Turkmen: okamak
Ukrainian: вчи́тися impf ( včýtysja ) , учи́тися impf ( učýtysja )
Urdu: پَڑْھنا ( paṛhnā ) , سِیکْھنا ( sīkhnā )
Uyghur: ئۆگەنمەك ( ögenmek )
Uzbek: aniqlamoq (uz) , oʻrganmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: học (vi)
Yiddish: שטודירן ( shtudirn ) , לערנען ( lernen )
Yoruba: kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ , kọ́
Zhuang: hag
to look at minutely
Armenian: զննել (hy) ( znnel )
Asturian: esaminar
Bulgarian: изуча́вам (bg) impf ( izučávam ) , изсле́двам (bg) impf ( izslédvam )
Catalan: estudiar (ca)
Danish: studere , nærstudere , granske
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tutkia (fi)
French: étudier (fr)
Galician: estudar (gl)
German: studieren (de)
Hungarian: tanulmányoz (hu) , vizsgál (hu)
Indonesian: mempelajari (id)
Malay: meneliti
Maori: whakatewhatewha , whakatātare
Marathi: अभ्यासणे ( abhyāsṇe )
Norman: êtudier
Old English: ġecneordlǣċan
Polish: wpatrywać się impf , wpatrzyć się impf , badać (pl) impf , zbadać (pl) pf
Portuguese: estudar (pt) , examinar (pt)
Romanian: studia (ro)
Russian: изуча́ть (ru) impf ( izučátʹ ) , изучи́ть (ru) pf ( izučítʹ )
Sanskrit: परीक्षते ( parīkṣate )
Spanish: estudiar (es) , examinar (es)
Turkish: incelemek (tr)
to fix the mind closely upon a subject; to muse; to ponder
to endeavor diligently; to be zealous
Translations to be checked
From Middle English studie , from Old French estudie (Modern French étude ), borrowed from Latin studium ( “ zeal , dedication , study” ) ,[ 1] [ 2] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ( “ to push, hit ” ) . Doublet of etude and studio .
study (countable and uncountable , plural studies )
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
The study of languages is fascinating.
1661 , John Fell , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond [1] :During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study ; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant [ …]
1699 , William Temple , Heads designed for an essay on conversations [2] :Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
The act of studying or examining; examination .
I made a careful study of his sister.
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, in American Scientist :Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: [ …] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
1762 , Edmund Law , An extract from A serious call to a devout and holy life :The Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study .
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
Father spends all his time in the study poring over manuscripts.
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture
The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
Geoffrey's face was a study .
Geoffrey's face was a study in amazement [or in bewilderment, irritation, distress etc.]
( music ) A piece for special practice; an etude .
( academic ) An academic publication .
That new study on noncommutative symmetries looks promising.
One who commits a theatrical part to memory .
( chess ) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
( obsolete ) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
1485 , Sir Thomas Malory , chapter XX , in Le Morte Darthur , book I:wel said the kynge thow mayst take myn hors by force but and I myȝte preue the whether thow were better on horsbak or I / wel said the knyght seke me here whan thow wolt and here nygh this wel thow shalt fynde me / and soo passyd on his weye / thenne the kyng sat in a study and bad his men fetche his hors as faste as euer they myghte Well, said the king, thou mayst take my horse by force, but an I might prove thee whether thou were better on horseback or I. Well, said the knight, seek me here when thou wilt, and here nigh this well thou shalt find me, and so passed on his way. Then the king sat in a study, and bade his men fetch his horse as fast as ever they might.
( archaic ) Thought , as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern .
My study was to avoid disturbing her.
1667 , John Milton , “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [ … ] , London: [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] ; [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] ; [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] , 1873 , →OCLC :Just men they seemd, and all thir study bent / To worship God aright, and know his works.
( private male room ) : boudoir ( female equivalent )
mental effort to acquire knowledge
Albanian: studim (sq) m
Arabic: تَعَلُّم (ar) m ( taʕallum ) , دِرَاسَة f ( dirāsa )
Egyptian Arabic: دراسة f ( derasa )
Armenian: ուսում (hy) ( usum )
Assamese: পঢ়া-শুনা ( porha-xuna ) , অধ্যয়ন ( odhyoyon )
Asturian: estudiu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: öyrənmə , oxuma
Belarusian: вучэ́нне n ( vučénnje ) , дасле́даванне ( dasljédavannje ) ( research )
Bengali: শিক্ষা (bn) ( śikkha )
Bulgarian: уче́ние (bg) n ( učénie ) , изуча́ване (bg) n ( izučávane ) , изсле́дване (bg) n ( izslédvane ) ( research )
Catalan: estudi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 學習 / 学习 ( hok6 zaap6 )
Mandarin: 學習 / 学习 (zh) ( xuéxí )
Czech: studium (cs) n , učení (cs) n
Danish: studium (da) n
Dutch: studie (nl) f
Esperanto: studado , studo
Extremaduran: estuyu
Finnish: tutkimus (fi) , opiskelu (fi) , opinnot (fi) pl
French: étude (fr) f
Galician: estudo (gl) m
Georgian: სწავლა ( sc̣avla )
German: Studium (de) n
Greek: διάβασμα (el) n ( diávasma )
Ancient Greek: ἔντευξις f ( énteuxis )
Haitian Creole: etid
Hindi: पढ़ाई (hi) f ( paṛhāī ) , अध्ययन (hi) m ( adhyayan )
Hungarian: tanulás (hu) , tanulmány (hu) , tanulmányozás (hu) , stúdium (hu)
Icelandic: nám (is) n , bóknám (is) n , lærdómur m , fræðiiðkan f , athugun (is) f , rannsókn (is) f , könnun f , skoðun (is) f , námsefni n , rannsóknarefni n , fræðigrein (is) f
Irish: staidéar m
Italian: studio (it) m
Japanese: 学習 (ja) ( がくしゅう, gakushū ) , 勉強 (ja) ( べんきょう, benkyō )
Jeju: 공븨 ( gongbui )
Kazakh: оқу (kk) ( oqu ) , зерделеу ( zerdeleu ) , білу (kk) ( bılu )
Korean: 학습(學習) (ko) ( hakseup ) , 공부(工夫) (ko) ( gongbu )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەعی ( se'î )
Kyrgyz: окуу (ky) ( okuu ) , билүү (ky) ( bilüü ) , үйрөнүү (ky) ( üyrönüü )
Latin: disciplina f , studium (la) n
Latvian: pētīšana f , studijas f pl
Lithuanian: studijos (lt) f pl
Macedonian: учење n ( učenje ) , студија f ( studija )
Malayalam: പഠനം (ml) ( paṭhanaṁ )
Marathi: अभ्यास (mr) m ( abhyās )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: studium (no) n , studie (no) m
Nynorsk: studium n , studie m
Old English: ġecneordnes f
Persian: مُطالِه (fa) ( motâle ) , دَرس (fa) ( dars )
Polish: nauka (pl) f , uczenie się n
Portuguese: estudo (pt) m , aprendizado (pt) m
Romanian: studiu (ro) n , studiere (ro) f
Russian: уче́ние (ru) n ( učénije ) , изуче́ние (ru) n ( izučénije ) ( a particular subject ) , иссле́дование (ru) n ( isslédovanije ) ( research ) , учёба (ru) f ( učóba )
Sanskrit: पठन (sa) n ( paṭhana )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̀че̄ње n
Roman: ùčēnje (sh) n
Slovak: učenie n , štúdium n
Slovene: učenje n , študij m
Spanish: estudio (es) m
Telugu: చదువు (te) ( caduvu )
Turkish: çalışma (tr) , öğrenim (tr) , okuma (tr)
Ukrainian: уче́ння n ( učénnja ) , ви́вчення (uk) n ( vývčennja ) , дослі́дження (uk) n ( doslídžennja ) ( research )
Urdu: پَڑھایٔ f ( paṛhāī )
Uzbek: oʻqish (uz) , oʻrganish (uz)
Vietnamese: sự học tập (vi)
Welsh: astudiaeth (cy) f
Yoruba: ẹ̀kọ́ , ìkẹ́kọ̀ọ́
branch of learning or object that is being studied
room in a house intended for reading and writing
Belarusian: кабіне́т m ( kabinjét ) , габiнэ́т m ( habinét )
Bulgarian: кабине́т (bg) m ( kabinét )
Catalan: estudi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 書房 / 书房 ( syu1 fong4-2 )
Hakka: 書房 / 书房 ( sû-fòng )
Hokkien: 冊房 / 册房 (zh-min-nan) ( chheh-pâng ) , 書房 / 书房 (zh-min-nan) ( chu-pâng )
Mandarin: 書房 / 书房 (zh) ( shūfáng ) , 書齋 / 书斋 (zh) ( shūzhāi )
Czech: studovna f , pracovna (cs) f
Dutch: studeerkamer (nl) f , studiezaal f
Esperanto: studejo (eo)
Finnish: lukuhuone , työhuone (fi)
French: étude (fr) f , bureau (fr) m
German: Arbeitszimmer (de) n , Studierzimmer (de) n
Hindi: अध्ययन कक्ष m ( adhyayan kakṣ )
Hungarian: dolgozószoba (hu)
Icelandic: lesstofa f , lesherbergi n , bókaherbergi n
Irish: seomra staidéir m
Italian: studio (it) m , studiolo (it) m
Japanese: 書斎 (ja) ( しょさい, shosai )
Korean: 서재(書齋) (ko) ( seojae )
Latin: tablīnum n
Macedonian: работна соба f ( rabotna soba )
Maori: tari
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arbeidsrom n
Occitan: estudi (oc) m
Polish: gabinet (pl) m
Portuguese: escritório (pt) m
Russian: кабине́т (ru) m ( kabinét )
Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-rannsachaidh m
Slovak: pracovňa f
Slovene: kabinet m , delovna soba f
Spanish: estudio (es) m
Turkish: çalışma odası (tr)
Ukrainian: кабіне́т (uk) m ( kabinét )
artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique
music: piece for special practice
— see etude
(obsolete in English) state of mental perplexity or worried thought
(archaic in English) thought, as directed to a specific purpose; concern
Translations to be checked
^ Oxford English Dictionary , 1st ed. "study, v. " Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.
^ Oxford English Dictionary , 1st ed. "study, n. " Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1919.