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under·study (un′dər stud′ē)

noun pl. understudies -·stud′·ies

  1. an actor who learns the part of another actor so as to serve as a substitute when necessary
  2. any person who learns the duties of another so as to serve as a substitute

transitive verb, intransitive verb understudied -·stud′·ied, understudying -·stud′y·ing

  1. to act as an understudy (to)
  2. to learn (a part) as an understudy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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