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study

study

2.1
A report that gives the results of research
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌdi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estudio
  • Well, there's a really exciting study that came out just last year.
  • a study found
  • a study showed
  • a study suggests

So what they did, they powered their study based on outcomes.

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Examples

  • Researchers published a groundbreaking study on the effects of climate change on polar bears.

  • And he did a study on people who had cancer.

  • And from there I began to do my own study of life itself.

  • So let me show you a simple study that calls that into question.

  • So they commissioned a study to do the science.

  • So I could not find a study that tested this exact question.

  • Consequently, we hope that this study is the first of many in the region.

    Academic text (2017)
  • It's a fascinating study, Detective.

  • We've been doing a study for the last eight years.

  • And these are numbers from an interesting study done by Basti Associates.

Synonyms

report
vsstudy
1.3

A written or spoken account that gives information about something

is a written document focusing on research results rather than speech
case study
vsstudy
36 3.8

A careful study of one person, group or situation for research and teaching

covers research findings across topics, not only single examples
written report
vsstudy
4 2.9

A document that gives information or findings after someone studies a topic

gives detailed research information and specific results

Antonyms

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

Compounds

36 3.8

A careful study of one person, group or situation for research and teaching

32 2.8

A group of people who meet regularly to learn and talk about school or course material

14 1.1

A time at school when students do homework quietly while a teacher watches

11 3.3

A person who learns new things quickly and easily

A subject of learning like biology or history

A set of classes in a subject that lead to a qualification or degree

double-blind study
  • Specialized
2 4.2

An experiment where neither participants nor researchers know who gets the real treatment or a fake one to avoid bias

2 3.2

A course you do at home instead of in a classroom

A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience

1 3.1

A school activity where children look at plants and animals in nature

1 4.1

A careful check of a job to find faster, easier ways to do it

brown study
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A state of being deeply lost in thought

A course where a student does work on their own with a teacher's guidance outside regular classes

literary study
  • Literature
1 5.7

A university subject about books, poems, plays, and what they mean

motion study
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A careful look at how a job is done to find faster, easier steps

time and motion study
  • Specialized
5.5

A study that measures how long each part of a job takes to find a faster way

time study
  • Specialized
5.3

A careful measure of how long a task takes to find faster ways to do it

time-and-motion study
  • Specialized
6.0

People watch how workers do a job to find the fastest, easiest way to do it

time-motion study
  • Specialized
6.2

A careful timing of movements to find faster ways to do a job

slow study
  • Slur
7.2

A person who takes more time to learn new things than others

How Detailed

monograph
  • Specialized
7 9.3
study
  • Specialized
2.1
report
1.3
paper
999 2.8
note
1.0

Surface Forms

study singular
studies plural

Etymology

Study meaning a written research report comes from the Latin studium 'serious interest' and means a careful piece of work that looks at facts. That's why a study shows what people found after careful work and thought.