<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, such as by reading, investigation, or reflection: Long hours of study had made her an expert.</li><li>knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application: She enjoys showing off her learning to her parents.</li><li>Psychology: the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience.</li><li>Usually learnings: something that is learned through education or experience: Parents can help set up expectations, nurture curiosity, cultivate discipline, and reinforce learnings.</li><li>the cultivation of a particular branch of learning, science, or art: The study of law is challenging for many.</li><li>a personal effort to gain knowledge: She made many sacrifices to pursue her studies.</li><li>something the mind is or will be applied to: Balzac's study was human nature.</li><li>research or a detailed examination and analysis of a subject, phenomenon, etc.: She made a study of the transistor market for her firm.</li><li>a written account of detailed research, examination, or analysis: He published a study of Milton's poetry.</li><li>a well-defined, organized branch of learning or knowledge.</li><li>zealous endeavor or assiduous effort.</li><li>the object of endeavor or effort.</li><li>deep thought, reverie, or a state of abstraction: He was lost in study and did not hear us come in.</li><li>a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private intellectual effort, reading, writing, or the like.</li><li>a composition that combines exercise in technique with a greater or lesser amount of artistic value.</li><li>a literary composition executed for exercise or as an experiment in a particular method of treatment.</li><li>a person, such as an actor, considered in terms of their quickness or slowness in memorizing lines: He's always been a quick study.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to apply oneself to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or practice.</li><li>to apply oneself; endeavor.</li><li>to think deeply, reflect, or consider.</li><li>to take a course of learning, as at a college.</li><li>to examine or investigate carefully and in detail: to study the political situation.</li><li>to observe attentively; scrutinize: to study a person's face.</li><li>to read carefully or intently: to study a book.</li><li>to endeavor to learn or memorize, as a part in a play.</li><li>to think out, as the result of careful consideration or devising.</li></ul>