Definition of Scholarship

1. Noun. Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit.

Generic synonyms: Aid, Economic Aid, Financial Aid, Award, Prize
Derivative terms: Scholar, Scholar

2. Noun. Profound scholarly knowledge.
Exact synonyms: Encyclopaedism, Encyclopedism, Eruditeness, Erudition, Learnedness, Learning
Generic synonyms: Education
Specialized synonyms: Letters
Derivative terms: Encyclopaedist, Encyclopedist, Erudite, Learned, Learned, Scholar

Definition of Scholarship

1. n. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.

Definition of Scholarship

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

2. Noun. the character or qualities of a scholar ¹

3. Noun. activity, methods or attainments of a scholar ¹

4. Noun. the sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning ¹

5. Noun. (Australia dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scholarship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scholarship

schoenite
schoepite
schoharie grit
schola
schola cantorum
scholar
scholar's mate
scholarism
scholarity
scholarlike
scholarliness
scholarly
scholarly method
scholarly person
scholars
scholarship (current term)
scholarships
scholas
scholastic
scholastical
scholastically
scholasticals
scholasticate
scholasticates
scholasticism
scholasticisms
scholastick
scholastics
scholia
scholiast

Literary usage of Scholarship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue by Nevada. University, Vanderbilt University, Adelaide Circulating Library (1921)
"scholarship. The scholarship sum is payable on October 1 following the ... This scholarship is to be awarded alternately to a man and then to a woman ..."

2. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"His previous gift was a loan scholarship which is so arranged that the money can be used in a quiet way without even the necessity of ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"HE term productive scholarship is used advisedly. There are not a few who maintain that this term is wholly inappropriate as applied to work actually ..."

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