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burn midnight oil
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burn the midnight oil
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
| Synonyms: | bear down, cram, do double duty, elucubrate, grind, lucubrate, overwork, study, sweat and slave, toil away, work day and night, work late, work like a dog, work overtime |
| Main Entry: | learn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire information |
| Synonyms: | apprentice, attain, be taught, be trained, become able, become versed, brush up on, burn midnight oil, commit to memory, con, crack the books, cram, determine, drink in, enroll, gain, get, get down pat, get the hang of, get the knack of, grasp, grind, imbibe, improve mind, lucubrate, major in, master, matriculate, memorize, minor in, peruse, pick up*, pore over, prepare, read, receive, review, soak up, specialize in, study, take course, take in, train in, wade through |
| Notes: | learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to |
| Antonyms: | teach |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate, learn |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, lucubrate, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lucubrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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