# scholarship

Pronunciation: US say "SKOL-ur-ship" /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/; UK/AUS say "SKOL-uh-ship" /ˈskɒləʃɪp/

## Noun

1. A grant of financial aid awarded to a student to support their education.
   - Simple: Money given to a student to help pay for their education.
   - _He applied for a scholarship to help with his college tuition._
   - _The foundation offers several scholarships to talented music students._
2. The activity, methods, or achievements characteristic of a scholar.
   - Simple: Careful study and research done by educated experts.
   - _Decades of patient scholarship lie behind the new edition of the text._
   - _Her scholarship combines fieldwork with close reading of original documents._
3. The character and qualities that distinguish a person as a scholar.
   - Simple: The personal qualities and character that make someone a true scholar.
   - _The professor was known for a scholarship that paired deep knowledge with humility._
   - _True scholarship reveals itself as much in temperament as in learning._
4. The entire body of knowledge built up by scholars, together with the world of refined learning.
   - Simple: All the knowledge that experts have built up over many years.
   - _Modern medicine rests on centuries of accumulated scholarship._
   - _The museum is a treasure house of art and scholarship._

## Verb

5. To award a scholarship to a student.
   - Simple: To give a student money to help pay for their education.
   - _The university will scholarship the top ten applicants this year._
   - _A private foundation offered to scholarship her through medical school._
6. To attend an institution while supported by a scholarship.
   - Simple: To go to a school or college using money won as a scholarship.
   - _Many athletes scholarship at top universities before turning professional._
   - _She managed to scholarship at an Ivy League school._

## Noun

7. The first year of high school, frequently accompanied by examinations that students had to pass before advancing to higher grades. *(dated, Australia)*
   - Simple: The first year of high school, often with exams students had to pass to move up.
   - _She completed scholarship before going on to the senior grades._
   - _Failing the exams at the end of scholarship meant repeating the year._

## Origin

Formed from "scholar" combined with the suffix "-ship".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/scholarship (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).