SCHOLARSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scholarship mean? 

• SCHOLARSHIP (noun)
  The noun SCHOLARSHIP has 2 senses:

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

2. profound scholarly knowledge

  Familiarity information: SCHOLARSHIP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHOLARSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("scholarship" is a kind of...):

aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)

award; prize (something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery)

Derivation:

scholar (someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs)

scholar (a student who holds a scholarship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Profound scholarly knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

encyclopaedism; encyclopedism; eruditeness; erudition; learnedness; learning; scholarship

Hypernyms ("scholarship" is a kind of...):

education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scholarship"):

letters (scholarly attainment)

Derivation:

scholar (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

 Context examples 

You might be applying for student loans or a scholarship or setting up a plan to repay your student loans.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He handed me, apologetically for his scholarship, a piece of paper, and observed me while I looked it over.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In a few hours the examination would commence, and he was still in the dilemma between making the facts public and allowing the culprit to compete for the valuable scholarship.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Doctor of Philosophy degree is the highest academic degree awarded in recognition of creative scholarship and research in a field of study.

(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)

He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is a research degree, involving the publication of an original contribution to scholarship in the form of a dissertation, that is for most purposes the equivalent of a Doctor of Philosophy in Theology or a similar discipline.

(Doctor of Theology, NCI Thesaurus)

If the prediction is correct, then for the first time in history, parents will be able to point to a dark spot in the sky and say, ‘Watch, kids, there’s a star hiding in there, but soon it’s going to light up," Matt Walhout, dean for research and scholarship at Calvin College, said.

(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)

If you hope to receive a grant, scholarship, or generous financial aid, put in your application in December.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A large sum of money is at stake, for the scholarship is a very valuable one, and an unscrupulous man might very well run a risk in order to gain an advantage over his fellows.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may have enviable financial aid for college tuition or even a scholarship.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)