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study

28 5.8
A practice work made to try ideas, like a drawing or sketch
  • noun
  • /ˈstʌdi/
translation icon : estudio
  • Even sold one painting, It was a nude study.
  • studies of paintings

Examples

  • Miya also conducted an illuminating visual study of the narrative vignettes surrounding the central pagoda.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Yeah, it was one of his better drawings, a very beautiful nude study.

  • And that gentleman, what a study for an artist.

  • It's just a character study.

  • This is a study I wrote for the piano.

  • I have certain photographic studies of you and your boyfriend.

  • Have you seen his sketches and his photo studies?

  • Inventing one's own scale and arpeggio studies and other technical exercises can be satisfying work.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Ka Mkame's image evolved from a somewhat Matisse-inspired study of stylized nude women dancing in a circle.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The artist created a beautiful study of the landscape to capture its colors and shapes.

Synonyms

sketch
vsstudy
150 2.5

A quick simple drawing used to plan an idea

is a more deliberate practice piece exploring ideas or techniques

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 Finished

masterpiece
156 3.8
composition
35 3.5
study
28 5.8
sketch
150 2.5

Surface Forms

study singular
studies plural

Etymology

Study for a practice drawing or piece is from the same Latin studium 'serious interest' and is closely related to studio. So an artist's study is a practice work made while they try out ideas and techniques.