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
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
- 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.