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scholarships

scholarships is the plural of scholarship.

Meaning of scholarship

Noun

scholarship (countable and uncountable, plural scholarships)

  1. A 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
  2. The character or qualities of a scholar.
  3. The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
  4. (uncountable) 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, Michael T. Cooper, Contemporary Druidry: A Historical and Ethnographic Study, →ISBN
  5. (Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.

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Questions about scholarships

What is scholarships the plural of?
Scholarships is the plural of scholarship.

Words near scholarships in the dictionary

  1. scholarshiping
  2. scholarshipped
  3. scholarshipper
  4. scholarshippers
  5. scholarshipping
  6. scholarships
  7. scholas
  8. scholast
  9. scholastic
  10. scholastical
  11. scholastically

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