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studying
Alternative clues for the word studying
- Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- Boss providing funds, letting secretary off for educational activity
- Regularly sits up pining, burning the midnight oil
- Reading carefully with intent to remember
- Preparing for exam
- Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- Be a student of a certain subject
Word definitions for studying in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Study \Stud"y\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Studied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Studying .] [OE. studien, OF. estudier, F. ['e]tudier. See Study , n.] To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder. --Chaucer. I found a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The action of the verb ''to study''. vb. (present participle of study English)
Usage examples of studying.
Cahra hesitated a moment, studying the three strangers before hurrying after her father.
She took another look around the grounds, studying the fog for unwanted faces.
Instead he inched carefully toward the desk, studying the intricate model.
He knelt down beside her, cradling his hand beneath her head and studying the bruise she knew was rising on her forehead.
It was twisted into a useless club, and when he noticed her studying it he pulled it back, hiding it at his side.
The old man fiddled with the inkwell on the desk, studying it with undue care.
Gilwyn wedged some ham between bread, then leaned back, studying the blue sky as he ate.
Gilwyn drifted into the room, studying the chest as Breck undid the latches.
Lukien toyed with one of the campfire sticks, picking it up and studying its burning tip.
The one nearest Lukien ordered his kreel a bit closer, studying him intently.
Lukien looked past the smoke, studying the woman directly across from him.
Biehl and after writing scores of letters to families, drafting and dispatching battle reports, and persuading Neabyl and Comyr to authenticate the numbers and sources of captured weapons, Lorn sits at the desk in his personal quarters, sipping a glass of Alafraan and studying the chaos-glass.
Lorn remains mounted, studying the road and the areas beyond, but the only riders who finally near the Cyadorans are the scouts, riding along the road from the pass that leads down into Berlitos.
Lorn tries to keep taking notes as quietly as possible, while still studying the faces of the officers and trying to truth-read them.
But on account of the present lack of system and of clear purpose in natural science teachers, the first great problem in this field of common school effort is to select the material and perfect the method of studying nature with children.