Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to study
Participle: studied
Gerund: studying
Indicative
Present
| I | study |
| you | study |
| he;she;it | studies |
| we | study |
| you | study |
| they | study |
Perfect
| I | have studied |
| you | have studied |
| he;she;it | has studied |
| we | have studied |
| you | have studied |
| they | have studied |
Past
| I | studied |
| you | studied |
| he;she;it | studied |
| we | studied |
| you | studied |
| they | studied |
Pluperfect
| I | had studied |
| you | had studied |
| he;she;it | had studied |
| we | had studied |
| you | had studied |
| they | had studied |
Future
| I | will study |
| you | will study |
| he;she;it | will study |
| we | will study |
| you | will study |
| they | will study |
Future Perfect
| I | will have studied |
| you | will have studied |
| he;she;it | will have studied |
| we | will have studied |
| you | will have studied |
| they | will have studied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | study |
| you | study |
| he;she;it | study |
| we | study |
| you | study |
| they | study |
Perfect
| I | have studied |
| you | have studied |
| he;she;it | have studied |
| we | have studied |
| you | have studied |
| they | have studied |
Imperfect
| I | studied |
| you | studied |
| he;she;it | studied |
| we | studied |
| you | studied |
| they | studied |
Pluperfect
| I | had studied |
| you | had studied |
| he;she;it | had studied |
| we | had studied |
| you | had studied |
| they | had studied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would study |
| you | would study |
| he;she;it | would study |
| we | would study |
| you | would study |
| they | would study |
Perfect
| I | would have studied |
| you | would have studied |
| he;she;it | would have studied |
| we | would have studied |
| you | would have studied |
| they | would have studied |
Imperative
| you | study |
| we | Let's study |
| you | study |
Verbs conjugated like 'study'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'study'
stud,
restudy,
scud,
skud,
spud,
stay,
steady,
steddy,
stimy,
story,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To observe or inspect carefully
- analyze, examine, inspect, look over, overlook, probe, scrutinize
- investigate
- analyze, peruse, practice, read, compare
- scrutinize
- examine, ponder, weigh, contemplate, consider, estimate, reflect, think
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1125, from O.Fr.
estudier "to study" (Fr.
étude), from M.L.
studiare, from L.
studium "study, application," originally "eagerness," from
studere "to be diligent" ("to be pressing forward"), from PIE
*(s)teu- "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). The noun meaning "application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge" is recorded from c.1300. Sense of "room furnished with books" is from 1303.
Study hall is attested from 1891, originally a large common room in a college.
Studious is attested from c.1382.
2. Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan. See: Middle English '
studien', Middle English '
studien', Old French '
estudier'.
Verbs referencing "study"
Esperanto
studi, Spanish
estudiar, Danish
studere, Ido studiar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in all kinds of ways, and twisted it into all manner of shapes; but always ingeniously, and with a rude eloquence, well adapted to the comprehension of his hearers. Indeed if I be not mistaken, he studied their sympathies and understandings much more than the display of his own powers. His imagery was all drawn from the sea, and from the incidents of a seaman 's life; and was often remarkably good. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Course, ” said Sam, “ Mas’r can do as he'd ruther, go de straight road, if Mas’r thinks best,—it's all one to us. Now, when I study ’ pon it, I think de straight road de best, _deridedly_. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ And now you'll save yerself the trouble, won't ye ? ” said the tall man. “ See what ’ t is, now, to know scripture. If ye'd only studied yer Bible, like this yer good man, ye might have know 'd it before, and saved ye a heap o ’ trouble. Ye could jist have said, ’ Cussed be’—what's his name ? — ‘and ’ t would all have come right. ’ ” [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Marie St. Clare had taken no notice of the child's gradually decaying health and strength, because she was completely absorbed in studying out two or three new forms of disease to which she believed she herself was a victim. It was the first principle of Marie's belief that nobody ever was or could be so great a sufferer as _herself_; [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] now ? ” asked Augustine. “ The case is, that I cannot be plagued with this child, any longer ! It's past all bearing; flesh and blood cannot endure it ! Here, I locked her up, and gave her a hymn to study; and what does she do, but spy out where I put my key, and has gone to my bureau, and got a bonnet-trimming, and cut it all to pieces to make dolls ’ jackets ! I never saw anything like it, in my [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] brilliant scarlet geranium, and one single white japonica, with its glossy leaves. It was tied up with an evident eye to the contrast of color, and the arrangement of every leaf had carefully been studied.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Indeed ! ” said the stranger, looking upon him with the curiosity of a naturalist studying some out-of-the-way specimen.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] be impossible; and he told me that, if we were only faithful to each other, it was marriage before God. If that is true, wasn't I that man's wife ? Wasn't I faithful ? For seven years, didn't I study every look and motion, and only live and breathe to please him ? He had the yellow fever, and for twenty days and nights I watched with him. I alone,—and gave him all his medicine, and did [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)