SCHOLARSHIP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Profound scholarly knowledge

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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)

Sense 2

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)

Credits

Context examples:

The house of other people’s money—where Saturn and Pluto currently reside, and that will welcome Jupiter on December 2—also rules a different type of money: taxes, student loans and scholarships, credit cards, bank loans, mortgages, inheritances, prize winnings, valuable gifts, and insurance payouts, as some examples.