Sekirov Dictionary

scholarship

UK /ˈskɒləʃɪp/US /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 5

noun5

The character or qualities of a scholar.
•
a grant of money to a student, paying for some or all of the cost of studying
- There were proposals to revive choir scholarships, because a shortage of regular choristers meant that weddings often went choirless. — 2013
•
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! — 2010
The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
(Australia, old-fashioned) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

verb2

•
To grant a scholarship to.
- In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri. — 2006
•
To attend an institution on a scholarship.
- Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law. — 2012

forms

scholarshiped · scholarshipped · scholarshiping · scholarshipping · scholarships

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