scholarship

English

Etymology

From scholar +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒləʃɪp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/

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Noun

scholarship (countable and uncountable, plural scholarships)

1. A grant-in-aid to a student.

   • Grant-In-Aid definition

     The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project. (1 of 2 grant-in-aid definitions)

   • Student definition

     A person who studies or learns about a particular subject. (1 of 3 student definitions)
2. The character or qualities of a scholar.

   • Character definition

     A being involved in the action of a story. (1 of 16 character definitions)

   • Quality definition

     Level of excellence. (1 of 8 quality definitions)

   • Scholar definition

     A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship. (1 of 3 scholar definitions)
3. The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.

   • Activity definition

     The state or quality of being active; activeness. (1 of 5 activity definitions)

   • Method definition

     A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process). (1 of 5 method definitions)

   • Attainment definition

     The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort. (1 of 2 attainment definitions)
4. (uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.

   • Knowledge definition

     The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. (1 of 12 knowledge definitions)
5. (Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

   • High School definition

     An institution which provides all or part of secondary education. (1 of 2 high school definitions)

Synonyms

• (money to assist a student to study): allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary
• (character of a scholar):
• (activity of a scholar): scholarly method
• (knowledge accrued by the activity of scholars):

Related terms

• school
• scholar, scholarly
• scholarism (archaic)
• scholastic, scholasticism
• scholasticate

Translations

Verb

scholarship (third-person singular simple present scholarships, present participle scholarshiping or scholarshipping, simple past and past participle scholarshiped or scholarshipped)

1. (intransitive) To attend an institution on a scholarship.
   • 2012, Joseph Miller, The Wicked Wine of Democracy‎^[1], →ISBN, page 205:

     Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law.

2. (transitive) To grant a scholarship to.
   • 2006, Lloyd Reeb, Unlimited Partnership‎^[2], →ISBN, page 138:

     In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri.

   • 2012, Bernard W. Taylor, Introduction to Management Science:‎^[3], page 632:

     Judith Lewis is a doctoral student at State University, and she also works full-time as an academic tutor for 10 scholarshiped student athletes.