scholarship
noun
- financial award for education
- intellectual study
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈskɒləʃɪp/ / /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English scholar Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English scholarship From scholar + -ship.
- A grant-in-aid to a student.
“There were proposals to revive choir scholarships, because a shortage of regular choristers meant that weddings often went choirless.”
“Since I was a teenager I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school.”
- The character or qualities of a scholar.
- The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
- The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
“I found the website and found people mingling scholarship with faith – great googly moogly!”
- The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English scholar Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English scholarship From scholar + -ship.
- To attend an institution on a scholarship.
“Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law.”
- To grant a scholarship to.
“In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri.”
“Judith Lewis is a doctoral student at State University, and she also works full-time as an academic tutor for 10 scholarshiped student athletes.”