/ˈstʌdi/
Translation
To spend time learning about something by reading or going to classes.
Word origin
From Old French estudier, from Latin studium, meaning eagerness or hard work at something.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- estudier
Grammar
Examples
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"Study" means spend time learning about English.
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"Studies" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Studied" is the past form of "study".
"Study" means to spend time learning about a subject, often by reading or going to classes. Take care with the spelling of the other forms: he studies, and yesterday I studied.
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