Definition of study for Students

 

1.                                                               study

   
   
   1 :  to make an effort to learn about something by reading, investigating, or memorizing
2. 2 :  to give close attention to I studied the X-rays as Dr. Cone pointed things out to me. — Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
   
   
     12c., from Old French estudier "to study" (French étude), from Medieval Latin studiare, from Latin 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 c.1300. Study hall is attested from 1891, originally a large common room in a college. Studious is attested from late 14c.