Studious - English meaning

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

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Academic achievement

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

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The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective

Relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills

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Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because i can’t afford either one.

adjective

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

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Her skin glowed in the artificial light

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Made by people, often as a copy of something natural

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Artificial flowers, artificial grass, an artificial leg, an artificial smile, the actors were encou…

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Not sincere

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Their cheerfulness seemed rather strained and artificial.

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(of a person or way of life) devoted to reading and studying.

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A bookish, untidy boy

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Enjoying books more than other things

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He’s pleasant but a shy, bookish type.

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Having or showing intelligence.

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A brainy discussion

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(of an action) done with full awareness of the likely consequences.

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Victims of vicious and calculated assaults

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

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The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

adjective

Of the cerebrum of the brain.

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A cerebral haemorrhage

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Aware of and responding to one's surroundings.

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Although i was in pain, i was conscious

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(of an action or feeling) deliberate and intentional.

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A conscious effort to walk properly

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Awake, aware of what is happening around you, and able to think

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She’s out of surgery but not fully conscious yet., people have become much more conscious of the ne…

adjective

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

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Here, however, several contrived situations are grafted into the plot to generate artificial tension.

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

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His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

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Done consciously and intentionally.

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A deliberate attempt to provoke conflict

verb

Engage in long and careful consideration.

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She deliberated over the menu

adjective

(of an action or a decision) intentional or planned, often with the result of being harmful to someone

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A deliberate insult, he accused her of writing deliberate untruths., [ i ] the jury deliberated for…

adjective

Planned or conceived in detail or for a specific purpose.

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The aircraft performed their designed functions well

verb

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.

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A number of architectural students were designing a factory

verb

Past simple and past participle of design

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Who designed this building/dress/furniture?, this range of clothing is specially designed for short…

adjective

Resembling a college don, particularly because of having a pedantic, scholarly manner.

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He, after a lifetime in office, might be forgiven for expecting to have his advice taken seriously …

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Intelligent, often in a way that is too serious

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He was a thin, donnish-looking man in a tweed jacket and sandals.

adjective

Resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.

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An earnest student

noun

A thing intended or regarded as a sign or promise of what is to come.

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The very deliberateness of their disguise is an earnest of their real aloofness

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Sincere and serious

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She made an earnest attempt to convert me to her point of view., work on the building began, in ear…

adjective

Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

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Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion

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Having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by very few people

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He's the author of an erudite book on scottish history.

adjective

Relating to the intellect.

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Children need intellectual stimulation

noun

A person possessing a highly developed intellect.

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A prominent political thinker and intellectual

adjective

Relating to the ability to think and understand ideas at a high level, or involving ideas

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He was among the political and intellectual leaders of his time.

adjective

Done on purpose; deliberate.

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Intentional wrongdoing and harm

Done or made with purpose and will

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Planned or intended

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Did you leave his name out by accident or was it intentional?

adjective

Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people.

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A knowing smile

noun

The state of being aware or informed.

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As you can see the vedic way of knowing suggests that knowledge is an intrinsic feature of the soul.

verb

Be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information.

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Most people know that cfcs can damage the ozone layer

adjective

(of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study.

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A learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man

verb

Gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught.

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They'd started learning french

adjective

Having or showing much knowledge

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A learned scholar

adjective

Behaving in a specified way.

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Bad-mannered

adjective

Having ways of behaving toward people

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The children are well mannered., he continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received.

adjective

Having a slow, regular rhythm.

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She set off with measured tread

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

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The amount of water collected is measured in pints

adjective

Having or showing determination or resolve.

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The purposeful stride of a great barrister

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Aimed at achieving something; determined

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He desired to lead a more purposeful life., the purposeful destruction of historic sites

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Involving or relating to serious academic study.

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Scholarly journals

adjective

Demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application.

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Marriage is a serious matter

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Not joking; not intended to amuse

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You can never tell when he’s serious., that’s an interesting job offer – i’d give it serious consid…

adjective

(of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort.

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He treated them with studied politeness

verb

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.

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I studied classics at college

adjective

Carefully prepared or considered, esp. to create an effect

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He showed a studied disregard for her concerns.

adjective

Absorbed in or involving thought.

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Brows drawn together in thoughtful consideration

adjective

Tending to think seriously about things

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You’re looking very thoughtful – what’s on your mind?, "oh, how thoughtful of you," dina said, open…

adjective

Relating to the use of one's will.

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Acceptance is a volitional act

adjective

Acting as a result of a decision or choice; done because someone has decided or chosen to do it

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Mental processes over which we have volitional control, the action is not mechanical; it is volitio…

adjective

(of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.

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Wilful acts of damage

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(of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want, even if you know it is wrong

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The present crisis is the result of years of wilful neglect by the council., they eat huge quantiti…