scholarship

plural scholarships

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   2013, Stuart Wolfendale, Imperial to International, page 192

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   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.

   2016 September 15, Riz Ahmed, “Typecast as a terrorist”, in The Guardian

   There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force.

   2021 May 18, Catie Edmondson, quoting Debbie Altenburg, “Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2021

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

2. countableuncountableThe character or qualities of a scholar.
3. countableuncountableThe activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.

   Synonyms: scholarly method

4. uncountableThe 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!

   2010, Michael T. Cooper, Contemporary Druidry: A Historical and Ethnographic Study, →ISBN

   Synonyms: learning, erudition, education, knowledge

5. AustraliacountabledateduncountableThe first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

present singular third person scholarships · participle present scholarshiping · participle present scholarshipping · participle past scholarshiped · past scholarshiped · participle past scholarshipped · past scholarshipped

1. intransitiveTo attend an institution on a scholarship.

   Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law.

   2012, Joseph Miller, The Wicked Wine of Democracy, →ISBN, page 205

2. transitiveTo grant a scholarship to.

   In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri.

   2006, Lloyd Reeb, Unlimited Partnership, →ISBN, page 138

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   Judith Lewis is a doctoral student at State University, and she also works full-time as an academic tutor for 10 scholarshiped student athletes.

   2012, Bernard W. Taylor, Introduction to Management Science:, page 632