SCHOLARSHIP

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

(noun) profound scholarly knowledge

scholarship

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scholarship (countable and uncountable, plural scholarships)

A grant-in-aid to a student.

The character or qualities of a scholar.

The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.

(uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.

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

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)

Verb

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

(intransitive) To attend an institution on a scholarship.

(transitive) To grant a scholarship to.

Source: Wiktionary


Schol"ar*ship, n.

1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope.

2. Literary education. [R.] Any other house of scholarship. Milton.

3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton.

Syn.

– Learning; erudition; knowledge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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