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scholarship

  • /ˈskɒləʃɪp/ UK
  • /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/ US

noun scholarships

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary, fellowship

  2. countable, uncountable The character or qualities of a scholar.
  3. countable, uncountable The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.

    Similar: scholarly method

  4. uncountable 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!

    Similar: learning, erudition, education, knowledge

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

verb scholarships · scholarshiping · scholarshipping · scholarshiped · scholarshipped

  1. intransitive To attend an institution on a scholarship. Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law.
  2. transitive To grant a scholarship to. In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri.

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Closest in meaning: learning, learnedness, eruditeness, erudition, bursary, internship, stipend, scholar, schooling, bourse, exchange, stock, studies, award, awardee, grant

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noun study allowance

Españolbeca
한국어장학금 janghakgeum
日本語奨学金 shōgakukin
中文獎學金 /奖学金 jiǎngxuéjīn
हिन्दीछात्रवृत्ति chātravŕtti, स्कालरशिप skālarśip
Portuguêsbolsa de estudos
Françaisbourse, bourse d'études
DeutschStipendium
Italianoborsa di studio
Ελληνικάυποτροφία ypotrofía
Românăbursă
Русскийстипе́ндия stipéndija
Tiếng Việthọc bổng
العربيةمِنْحَة دِرَاسِيَّة minḥa dirāsiyya, إِعَانَة دِرَاسِيَّة ʔiʕāna dirāsiyya, مِنْحة minḥa
עבריתמִלְגָּה milgá

noun character or qualities of a scholar

Françaisérudition
DeutschGelehrsamkeit, Gelehrtheit

noun knowledge

Españolerudición, sabiduría
한국어교양 gyoyang, 학식 haksik
日本語教養 kyōyō, 学識 gakushiki
中文學問 /学问 xuéwen
Portuguêssabedoria
Françaisérudition
DeutschGelehrtheit, Erudiertheit
Ελληνικάευρυμάθεια evrymátheia, λογιότητα logiótita
Românăerudiție
Русскийэруди́ция erudícija, учёность učónostʹ, зна́ния znánija, начита́нность načitánnostʹ
Tiếng Việthọc thuật, học vấn

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@misc{scholarship_2026,
  title = {scholarship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scholarship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}