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scholarship

USSKOL-ur-ship/ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/UKSKOL-uh-ship/ˈskɒləʃɪp/

Pluralscholarships

Verbscholarships, scholarshiping, scholarshiped

7 meanings of scholarship

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    Money given to a student to help pay for their education.

    Like a prize of money that helps pay for school.

    She won a scholarship to study at the state university.

    The scholarship covered all his tuition and books.

    Similargrant, bursary, stipend, allowance, fellowship

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    Careful study and research done by educated experts.

    Her scholarship on medieval poetry earned wide respect.

    Good scholarship means checking your sources with great care.

    Similarresearch, study, learning, inquiry

  3. 3
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The personal qualities and character that make someone a true scholar.

    Everyone admired the quiet scholarship of the old teacher.

    Her scholarship showed in her patience and love of learning.

    Similarerudition, learning, scholarliness

    Oppositeignorance

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  4. 4
    noununcountable
    All the knowledge that experts have built up over many years.

    Centuries of scholarship lie behind every modern textbook.

    The old library holds the scholarship of many generations.

    Similarlearning, knowledge, erudition, education

    Oppositeignorance

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  5. 5
    verbtransitive
    To give a student money to help pay for their education.

    The college agreed to scholarship every finalist in the contest.

    Donors chose to scholarship two students from each town.

    Similarfund, sponsor, support, finance, subsidize

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  6. 6
    verbintransitive
    To go to a school or college using money won as a scholarship.

    Several students scholarship at the conservatory each year.

    He hopes to scholarship at a major university next fall.

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Less common meaning

  1. 7
    noundatedAustraliacountable or uncountable
    The first year of high school, often with exams students had to pass to move up.

    He passed scholarship and moved up to the higher grades that year.

    Most students took hard exams at the end of scholarship.

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Origin

It comes from "scholar" plus the ending "-ship".