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(3.00 / 5 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(4.83 / 12 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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Paris Carmichael:

   The whole point of the scholarship program was to make higher education a reality for families who can't afford to send their kids to school because of debt.

2. Ken Jacobson:

   We feel that the quality and unorthodox style of many of Ruskin’s daguerreotypes will come as a major surprise to both photographic historians and those in the field of Ruskin scholarship, ruskin’s daguerreotypes would be a sensational new revelation in the history of photography even if he were completely unknown.

3. John Egan:

   It was so fulfilling to meet the recipient and know that the scholarship awarded to her this year will be one of many bearing my mom's name.

4. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   I am extremely proud to be an alumnus of The University of Manchester, England. The University gave me a wonderful opportunity to pursue my Ph.D. by awarding me with Dalton Chemical Research Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships. It's surely the major accomplishment and a premier milestone in my life. My grateful thanks and heartfelt best wishes to The University of Manchester, one of the greatest Universities in the world.....this year ranked 5th in the UK and 38th worldwide. Keep it up, my Alma Mater.

5. Nick North:

   They kept saying, 'You need to go back out there,' even though they knew I wasn't 100 percent, i'd literally be limping while running, and you could see it. ... They were like, if you can't do this, you're going to have to leave. You can't play here. We're going to take your scholarship.

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