The final stage of any game.
The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.
An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
An academic publication.
A piece for special practice; an étude.
The act of studying or examining; examination.
One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
To look at minutely.
To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
To take a course or courses on a subject.
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.