scholar
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈskɑːlər/
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erudito
- The reliance of researchers on the work of other scholars is inherent to scientific inquiry.
- a leading scholar
- scholars argue
- noted scholars
No other institute seeks out scholars at all stages of their careers.
- No other institute seeks out scholars at all stages of their careers.
- We're in what legal scholars call an air bud scenario.
- I'm not a proper scholar, but I agree with you.
- Are what any scholar has to always have in mind.
- Since you're a hip hop scholar, you see all the beefs going on.
- So I did OK, but I was never like a scholar or anything like that.
- And even the, the top JFK scholars will even say this.
- Well, from their observatories, the Mayan priest scholars understood this.
- And you know, I'm no biblical scholar, so it's just, it's just questions.
- Because he he brings up a scholar from Harvard University, Matt Killingworth.
- Harvard Horizons is certainly preparing scholars for this important work.
- This isn't somebody who wants to have scholars and experts around him.
Examples
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All right, I need a Latin scholar to translate this.
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A scholar and a gentleman with ideals and principles.
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And I was probably the most junior scholar selected for that.
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I talk to scholars and research people all the time.
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And now he's the top scholar at Oxford.
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Father Molina was a scholar of early Catholic history-
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What do you think most gender studies scholars misunderstand about human nature?
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And this Islamic scholar group is funded by Qatar.
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One of them was Mircea Eliade, the famous religion scholar from the University of Chicago.
Academic text (2015) -
The university recognized her as a leading scholar in environmental science.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who knows a lot about a subject and can help others
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2.7
A person who studies something carefully to find new information
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3.9
A person who knows a lot about one area of work or study
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6.0
A person who thinks deeply about ideas, art, or science
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3.9
A person who teaches or does research at a university
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8.9
A person with very great knowledge or skill in one subject
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4.4
A person who knows a lot about a subject from study
Idioms
Compounds
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5.7
A student who has won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford
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9.4
A person who studies ancient Greek and Latin language, writings, and culture
A tree that loses its leaves and has dark green leaf groups and creamy-white fragrant flowers
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scholar comes from the old Greek word scholē, originally meaning 'free time' and then 'school', and it is the same root as school. So a scholar is someone who uses time to study deeply and becomes an expert in a subject.