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

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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. Rebecca Dow:

   I would support targeted scholarships and/or loan repayment for students seeking degrees/certification in( New Mexico's) high demand jobs, i believe there needs to be a work or volunteer commitment to New Mexico to receive any scholarship from our state funds.

2. 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.

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. Steve King:

   If the Constitution required them to be citizens, anyone born on the United States, it would just say all persons born in the United States are American citizens, but the clause, 'and subject to the jurisdiction thereof', is the subject of a significant amount of legal scholarship ... Someone who comes in here illegally are not fully subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, they're not subject to being drafted, for example, so you can change it statutorily.

5. Morehouse College:

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

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