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scholarship
noun schol·ar·ship \-ˌship\
: an amount of money that is given by a school, an organization, etc., to a student to help pay for the student's education
: serious formal study or research of a subject
Full Definition of SCHOLARSHIP
1
: a grant-in-aid to a student (as by a college or foundation)
3
: a fund of knowledge and learning <drawing on the scholarship of the ancients>
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First Known Use of SCHOLARSHIP
circa 1536
Related to SCHOLARSHIP
- Antonyms
- ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness
Synonym Discussion of SCHOLARSHIP
knowledge, learning, erudition, scholarship mean what is or can be known by an individual or by humankind. knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience <rich in the knowledge of human nature>. learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling <a book that demonstrates vast learning>. erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning <an erudition unusual even in a scholar>. scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation <a work of first-rate literary scholarship>.
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SCHOLARSHIP Defined for Kids
scholarship
noun schol·ar·ship \ˈskä-lər-ˌship\
Definition of SCHOLARSHIP for Kids
1
: money given a student to help pay for further education
2
: serious academic study or research of a subject
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