noun

scholarship

SKO-luh-shihp

noun

Money awarded to a student to help pay for their education, usually based on merit or need.

"She won a full scholarship to study engineering."

Serious academic research and knowledge, or the quality of a scholar's work.

"The professor's scholarship on Roman law is widely cited."

How to Use Scholarship

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishFinancial support for a student's studies, or high-level academic work and knowledge.

Common pairings

full scholarship academic scholarship award a scholarship

scholarshiped past tense, scholarshipped past tense, scholarships plural, scholarships singular

Study it as flashcards or scroll it in Flow — saved to your collection.

Can you complete this real example?

She won a full _____ to study engineering.

warship starship