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scholarship
[ skol-er-ship ]
noun
- learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue their studies.
- the position or status of a student who has been granted money or other aid to pursue their studies.
- a foundation to provide financial assistance to students.
scholarship
/ ˈskɒləʃɪp /
noun
- academic achievement; erudition; learning
- financial aid provided for a scholar because of academic merit
- the position of a student who gains this financial aid
- ( as modifier )
a scholarship student
- the qualities of a scholar
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scholarship1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
This is both an outstanding work of scholarship and a commanding visual document.
And despite the good scholarship the authors have managed to retain the buoyancy and upbeat air attendant on most comics.
In the fall, I received a Rhodes Scholarship—I approached arrogance.
He won a scholarship to Villanova and ended up here in Lawrence.
Time and again, he has highlighted my scholarship and I have never felt that he has short-changed me.
Aguinaldoʼs scholarship is too meagre for an elevated position, and his dignity and self-respect too great for an inferior one.
"Mr. Everard was very much struck with Norman's knowledge and scholarship too," said Flora.
Born in 1797, he pursued a course of study at the Lyceum, to which he had obtained a scholarship.
The eldest, a fine fellow of eighteen, had carried off a scholarship at Aberdeen University.
Before the scholarship, came the Little-go, so called in the language of men, but known to the gods as the Previous Examination.
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