full ride
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3.4
- noun
- /fʊl raɪd/
- US
:
beca completa
- Even in the event that you obtain a full-ride scholarship covering the duration of your college, there are other expenses that won't be covered.
- full ride scholarship
- got a full ride
- offers full rides
And he said, Terry, you have a scholarship from Chrysler Full ride to go to Interlochen Arts Academy.
- And he said, Terry, you have a scholarship from Chrysler Full ride to go to Interlochen Arts Academy.
- But let's just assume we're talking about the full ride and you're in.
- If they have not, you know, a come from means B gotten a full ride scholarship to school.
Examples
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That's where she probably should have gone, but she turned down a full ride there in order to come out to New York with me.
Fiction book (2002) -
You know, she turned down a full ride at Stanford.
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Anyway, how would you like a full ride next year?
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The three of us, even if we get out of here, we're getting the full ride, okay?
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Surely there are a bunch of them that would welcome a full ride at a Division 1 school.
Blog text (25) -
That was his ticket out: a full ride to Arizona State University.
Fiction book (2002) -
M.I.T. offered me a full ride.
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Since I went to college on a full ride, partly based on my math ability, I didn't think it would be too tricky.
Blog text (18) -
When I was applying to colleges, I had the option to go to USC, which is a school in LA on a full ride for my tuition.
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She was thrilled to receive a full ride scholarship that covered her tuition and living expenses.
Synonyms
340
2.8
Money given to a student to help pay for education, often for good grades
1
4.2
Money given to a student to help pay for school or college
How Covered
- US
13
3.4
340
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a scholarship that covers all costs' is not derivable from 'full' (complete) + 'ride' (a trip); there is no obvious connection to education or funding. This is an idiomatic, chiefly US-English use of 'ride' for a funded place/opportunity, so a B1 learner who knows the words would not reliably infer the scholarship sense.
Etymology
The noun full ride probably comes from the image of a full ticket for a ride, like a bus ticket or fair pass that pays for the whole trip. That's why full ride means a scholarship that pays 'all costs' for school.