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# studying

verb (-ing form of study); noun (studying — uncountable)

«studying» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Spending time learning about a subject by reading, practising or going to lessons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#m1)
2. Looking at something carefully to understand it: "He was studying the map." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, pupils are studying maths, science and English; older pupils spend evenings studying for tests. In science, scientists are studying animals, stars and diseases. Phrases: studying for a test, studying hard, studying at university.

### Examples

- I am studying for my spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x1)
- My sister is studying medicine at university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x2)
- She was studying the map to find the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x3)
- Scientists are studying how bees talk to each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x4)
- Studying a little every day works better than all at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x5)
- We are studying the Vikings this term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x6)
- There was once a young man who was studying to be a poet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: keep the y before -ing: "studying", not "studing". But "studies" and "studied" change y to i. "Study" can also be a noun: "a study" is a room for working, or a piece of research.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: A famous story says two rabbis studied Sefer Yetzirah on Friday evening and made a calf, which they ate. It shows the tradition's belief that deep study could give a person power like creation. In the primary lessons: In school, pupils are studying maths, science and English; older pupils spend evenings studying for tests. In science, scientists are studying animals, stars and diseases. Phrases: studying for a test, studying hard, studying at university.

### Examples

- Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Oshaiah sat the entire eve of the Sabbath studying the Sefer Yetzirah and created a three-year old calf, and ate it' . . . (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/studying/#x1)

### Note

Spelling: keep the y before -ing: "studying", not "studing". But "studies" and "studied" change y to i. "Study" can also be a noun: "a study" is a room for working, or a piece of research.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «studying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/studying/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«studying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/studying.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «studying» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/studying/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«studying» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/studying.html) on Mova free.