study : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a state of deep absorption or thoughtfulness
  

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• a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie.

Webster 1913

• noun a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure
  
• noun a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
  

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• noun an integrated course of academic studies
  syllabus; curriculum; program; programme.
  
  • he was admitted to a new program at the university
• noun education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
  course; course of instruction; class.
  
  • he took a course in basket weaving
  • flirting is not unknown in college classes

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• noun a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject
  
  • he registered for directed study
  • he got credit for directed study
  • he did directed study

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• noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment
  double-blind procedure; double-blind experiment.
  
  • a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

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• noun a branch of knowledge
  discipline; subject field; study; subject area; field; bailiwick; subject.
  
  • in what discipline is his doctorate?
  • teachers should be well trained in their subject
  • anthropology is the study of human beings

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• noun a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom
  

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• noun the humanistic study of literature
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level)
  

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• noun the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
  Orientalism.
  

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• noun someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
  sponge.
  
  • she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge

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• noun a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study
  
• noun a classroom reserved for study
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort
  time and motion study; motion study; time-motion study; time study; time-and-motion study.
  

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• noun an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study
  

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