Definitions for scholarship
ˈskɒl ərˌʃɪpschol·ar·ship

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

1. scholarshipnoun

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

2. eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedismnoun

   profound scholarly knowledge

Wiktionary(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scholarshipnoun

   a grant-in-aid to a student

2. scholarshipnoun

   the character or qualities of a scholar

3. scholarshipnoun

   activity, methods or attainments of a scholar

4. scholarshipnoun

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

5. scholarshipnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scholarshipnoun

   Etymology: from scholar.

   1. Learning; literature; knowledge.

   It pitied my very heart to think that a man of my master’s understanding, and great scholarship, who had a book of his own in print, should talk so outragiously. Alexander Pope.

   2. Literary education.

   This place should be school and university, not needing a remove to any other house of scholarship. John Milton.

   3.Exhibition or maintenance for a scholar. Robert Ainsworth

Webster Dictionary(4.83 / 12 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scholarshipnoun

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

2. Scholarshipnoun

   literary education

3. Scholarshipnoun

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

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)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.

Matched Categories

1. • Aid
   • Award

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce scholarship?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. CaddyShack:

   Danny Noonan I haven't even told my father I'm not gonna get that scholarship. I'm gonna end up working in a lumberyard the rest of my life. Ty Webb What's wrong with lumber I own two lumberyards. Danny Noonan I notice you don't spend too much time there. Ty Webb I'm not quite sure where they are.

2. Lauren Blair Aronson:

   Sen. Cruz has been a leading advocate for school choice in the Senate GOP, throughout the pandemic, he has urged his colleagues to focus on solutions that will help get Americans safely back to work and our kids safely back into the classroom, including provisions of his Education Freedom Scholarship and Opportunity Act, which would give families the resources they need to ensure their children have access to a quality education in these uncertain times.

3. Morehouse College:

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

4. 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.

5. Michael Schwartz:

   We were super proud to have Folds of Honor here tonight and Lee Brice gracing our stage to an incredible crowd on an incredible evening, i was excited to come up at the end of the show and offer a match for anybody that would donate the $5k which is a one-year scholarship for their organization. We were lucky enough after a lot of people gave a lot of money all night long, that two other people came to the table and donated $5k each which we are gonna match.

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