study ing

(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.

(academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.

(transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

(transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.

(transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.

(intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

The act of studying or examining; examination.

Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

(music) A piece for special practice; an etude.

(academic) An academic publication.

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.

(archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.

The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.