studied
part of speech
verb, past form of study (study, studies, studied, studying); adjective (a studied answer — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Studied is the past of study: learned about something, read or practised to learn it. tree →
2) Studied can mean looked at something carefully for a long time. tree →
3) As a rare adjective, studied means done on purpose and carefully planned, not natural. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In the legend, Abraham studied Sefer Yetzirah and understood how God made the world. In the primary lessons: In school: «We studied fractions», «She studied for the test». In science: «Scientists studied the frogs in the pond». In stories, a character «studied the map» or «studied his face» to find clues.
examples
- The Kabalistic principles involved in the reversal of Hebrew letters, and their substitution by others, on definite schemes, should also be studied and borne in mind. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- I am One I created the Sefer Yetzirah, and studied it. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- We studied the water cycle last term. tree →
- She studied hard for her spelling test. tree →
- The detective studied the footprints. tree →
- He studied the map before the hike. tree →
- Scientists have studied whales for many years. tree →
- I studied the menu but couldn't choose. tree →
- Have you studied your times tables? tree →
- In the evening the Marionette studied by lamplight. tree →
note
Spelling: study → studied (y changes to i before -ed), but studying keeps the y. «Studied» is both past tense and past participle: «I studied», «I have studied». Pronounced STUD-eed.
In the corpora
- Dian Fossey studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda and fought against poachers who trapped them; her work helped start the protection that saved them.
- Pythagoras studied triangles, Archimedes discovered how things float and shouted Eureka, and Eratosthenes measured the size of the Earth with shadows.
- After 1868 Japan studied factories, schools and laws from other countries and built its own versions, becoming an industrial power within decades.
- Galileo studied falling things about 400 years ago and showed that weight matters far less than people thought.
- Studying makes passing more likely, but passing doesn't prove you studied: an easy test is another reason.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «studied» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.