Collocations for "study"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "study" in context.
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study
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- study [math, politics, art]
- is studying [math] at [university, college, Harvard]
- studying for a [degree, Master's, PhD]
- study [abroad, overseas]
- study [in school, at home]
- study at the [cafe, university, library]
- (go) to the library to study
- study [independently, jointly]
- study under a [master, professor]
- study for the [exam, final, test]
- studying all [day, night, week]
- study their [behavior, actions]
- study to be a [doctor, lawyer]
- study the [ocean, solar system]
- study the [issue, question, subject, problem]
- study it to [determine, learn, evaluate, assess]
- study it with a [microscope, telescope]
- study the [effects, impact, role, feasibility] of
- study and [compare, investigate, research, discuss]
- studied her [face, expression]
- needs to be studied [more closely, further, in depth, in detail]
- has been studied extensively
- a [detailed, lengthy, subjective, comprehensive] study (of)
- a [medical, behavioral, social, cultural, political, economical] study
- a [nationwide, regional, state, public, private] study
- the [largest, most significant] study to date
- the study was [conducted, led, carried out] by (experts)
- the study was [based, focused] on (children)
- the study [claims, reports, concludes] that
- a study of [trends, habits, spending, behavior, patterns]
- a study into the [allegations, decline, losses] (of)
- studies of [children, adults, animals]
- the study of [law, medicine, computing]
- [hard, serious, determined] study
- [weeks, months, years] of study
- how are you getting along with your studies?
- how are her studies going?
- need to get [back to, on with] my studies
- decided to [pursue, concentrate on, resume] her studies
- passed after [months] of hard study
- the [children, students] were deep in study
- a [large, small, spacious, home] study
- is in the study
- a study at the [front, back, top] of the house
- a study in the [living room, attic, basement]
- a study on the [lower, ground, second, upper] floor
- a study [guide, plan, schedule]
- during study [time, hours, period]
'study' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Britain
- British
- Canada
- Caribbean
- Chinese
- England
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- I
- Ireland
- Japan
- London
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Paris
- Spain
- Spanish
- Sunday
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- US
- Wales
- abroad
- abstract
- activity
- alien
- allege
- ant
- applied
- area
- armchair
- author
- basis
- beforehand
- behavior
- body
- bother
- briefly
- careful
- case
- chemical
- chosen
- classmate
- closet
- combination
- communication
- compel
- component