0 to learn about a subject, especially in an educational course or by reading books: --
1 to examine something very carefully: --
[ + question word ] Researchers have been studying how people under stress make decisions.
I want time to study this contract thoroughly before signing it.
2 the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover new information: --
Some studies have suggested a link between certain types of artificial sweetener and cancer.
a five-year study of the relationship between wildlife and farming
3 the act of learning about a subject, usually at school or university: --
the department of business/media studies
the study of English literature
4 to learn a particular subject or subjects, esp. in a school or college or by reading books: --
5 to look at something carefully to learn about it: --
She studied the embroidery to see how it was done.
Long-term follow-up from larger studies into particle therapy is required to confirm and record the expected reduction in late sequelae.
Further studies are thus required to confirm or refute this association.
Information from other research studies has also been used.
We know of only three studies that examine the relationship between market concentration and price for a specific procedure at a hospital.
Here, the evidence from the case studies is mixed.
Although feminist studies have a more limited audience, feminists exert an important influence on policy-makers.
The editors are to be congratulated for having succeeded in bringing together what are ostensibly ten very different studies into a well-integrated, coherent whole.
Her chapter offers a detailed and informative account of these case studies.