Definitions for scholarship
ˈskɒl ərˌʃɪpschol·ar·ship

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. scholarship(noun)

   financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

2. eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism(noun)

   profound scholarly knowledge

Wiktionary(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scholarship(Noun)

   a grant-in-aid to a student

2. scholarship(Noun)

   the character or qualities of a scholar

3. scholarship(Noun)

   activity, methods or attainments of a scholar

4. scholarship(Noun)

   the sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning

5. scholarship(Noun)

   The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

Webster Dictionary(4.81 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scholarship(noun)

   the character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning

2. Scholarship(noun)

   literary education

3. Scholarship(noun)

   maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Scholarship

   A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further his or her education. Scholarships are awarded based upon various criteria, which usually reflect the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Scholarship money is not required to be repaid.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'scholarship' in Nouns Frequency: #2834

How to pronounce scholarship?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say scholarship in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scholarship in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scholarship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of scholarship in a Sentence

1. Morehouse College:

   I did not concoct a lie about my race to get an @Oprah scholarship.

2. Josiah Gilbert Holland:

   Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.

3. Katherine Dean:

   When you take money out [of a 401(k)], that’s money that goes against getting a scholarship.

4. Brian Miller with Make-A-Wish Missouri:

   Evan Benn is doing fantastic, evan Benn beat Evan Benn cancer and is in college on a full scholarship.

5. Shelley Williams:

   She became interested in performing when she was six and won a scholarship to the school. If she hadn't, she couldn't have gone.

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