Scholarship Meaning
/ˈskɒləʃɪp/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA grant-in-aid to a student.
nounThe character or qualities of a scholar.
Sentence Examples
His diligence and good conduct earned him the scholarship.
Scholarship must always be exact whether it is interesting or not.
She won a scholarship to study at Stanford.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She won a ____ to study abroad because of her excellent grades.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She won a full ____ to study medicine at one of the country's top universities.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She won a ____ to study abroad because of her excellent grades.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She won a full ____ to study medicine at one of the country's top universities.