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studies

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/ˈstʌdiz/
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noun

Meaning 1

plural of study

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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noun

Meaning 2

An academic field of study concerning the given subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

My boyfriend is taking media studies.

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Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

third-person singular simple present indicative of study

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: carrera — academic field of study
Chinese Mandarin: 學 /学 (xué) — academic field of study
Chinese Mandarin: 研究 (yánjiū) — academic field of study
Finnish: tutkimus — academic field of study
Finnish: kieli ja kirjallisuus — academic field of study
French: études — academic field of study
Georgian: მცოდნეობა (mcodneoba) — academic field of study
Georgian: კვლევა (ḳvleva) — academic field of study
Georgian: შესწავლა (šesc̣avla) — academic field of study
German: Untersuchung — academic field of study
Greek: σπουδές (spoudés) — academic field of study
Hungarian: -tudomány — academic field of study
Hungarian: -tanulmányok — academic field of study
Hungarian: -lógia — academic field of study
Hungarian: -isztika — academic field of study
Icelandic: fræði — academic field of study
Mongolian: шинжлэл (šinžlel) — academic field of study
Polish: studia — academic field of study
Russian: уче́ние (učénije) — academic field of study
Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — academic field of study
Swedish: studier — academic field of study
Thai: ศึกษา, ศาสตร์, วิชา (Ṣ̄ụks̄ʹā, ṣ̄ās̄tr̒, wichā) — academic field of study
Vietnamese: sự học tập — academic field of study
Vietnamese: sự nghiên cứu — academic field of study
Walloon: studes — academic field of study

Word forms

Inflections and variants

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Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: American studies, Arabic studies, area studies, Armenian studies, Australian studies, Balkan studies, Bengal studies, Black studies, business studies, Byzantine studies, Canadian studies, Celtic studies, Chicana studies, Chicano studies, Chinese studies, classical studies, combined studies, communication studies, complementary studies, consciousness studies, Croatian studies, cultural studies, cyberstudies, Czech studies, Dunhuang studies, English studies, ethnic studies, European studies, female studies, feminist studies, film studies, future studies, game studies, gender studies, general studies, genre studies, Georgian studies, German studies, global studies, grievance studies, Hungarian studies, Indian studies, Indo-European studies, information studies, international studies, Iranian studies, Japanese studies, Kartvelian studies, Korean studies, Latin American studies, legal studies, literary studies, Manipur studies, media studies, medieval studies, Meitei studies, men's studies, modern studies, New Zealand studies, Oriental studies, Polish studies, postcolonial studies, queer studies, religious studies, Romani studies, Russian studies, Scandinavian studies, scheme of studies, Serbian studies, sexuality studies, Slavic studies, Slavonic studies, social studies, South Asian studies, Spanish studies, subaltern studies, Syriac studies, Taiwan studies, television studies, translation studies, Ukrainian studies, urban studies, Vietnamese studies, whiteness studies, women's studies

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