scholarship

[skol-er-ship]

noun

1. learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.

2. a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue their studies.

3. the position or status of a student who has been granted money or other aid to pursue their studies.

4. a foundation to provide financial assistance to students.

scholarship

/ ˈskɒləʃɪp /

noun

1. academic achievement; erudition; learning

2. 1. financial aid provided for a scholar because of academic merit

   2. the position of a student who gains this financial aid

   3. ( as modifier )

      a scholarship student

3. the qualities of a scholar

Word History and Origins

Origin of scholarship¹

First recorded in 1525–35; scholar + -ship

Synonym Study

See learning.

Example Sentences

Addressing a gap in the scholarship, the authors' work provides a new foundation for examining resources and migration routes in which Ayvalık may have featured as part of a mobility corridor.

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But this was the star walk-on’s night, begging the question: How long will it take USC to offer him a scholarship?

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"The golf really matters," said Brent Nelsen, a former professor of Stubb's at Furman University in Georgia, at which the Finnish president studied on a golf scholarship in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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His success there led to a scholarship at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he enrolled in 1939.

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While she credits pageants for her professional success, she also acknowledges that it’s not ideal to be “parading women around on a stage in their underwear, essentially, to win a scholarship.”

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Related Words

• assistance 
• award 
• charity 
• donation 
• fellowship 
• financial aid 
• reward