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/ˈstʌd.i/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
verbTo take a course or courses on a subject.
Sentence Examples
I'd like to study in Paris.
Tomorrow, I'm going to study at the library.
A room set aside for private study
CEFR Practice Quiz
To pass the difficult exam, the student must ____ every day for at least three hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You need to ____ the historical documents very carefully to find the evidence required for the research.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you […]"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians 4:11:
"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;[…]."
— 1661, Fell, John, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond, page 334:
"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."
— 1699, Temple, William, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record."
— 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:
"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."
— 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To pass the difficult exam, the student must ____ every day for at least three hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You need to ____ the historical documents very carefully to find the evidence required for the research.