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scholarship

scholarship

43 6.1
Deep knowledge of a subject gained by long study
  • noun
  • /ˈskɑːlərˌʃɪp/
  • Formal
translation icon : investigación
  • Once I decided that I preferred teaching to scholarship, I began to love my life.
  • recent scholarship
  • historical scholarship
  • teaching and scholarship

I mean, to begin with, the scholarship is just superb.

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Examples

  • They oversaw an era of Islamic military dominance, city building, brilliant scholarship and technological innovation.

  • There is this book that is on the cutting edge of scholarship of this.

  • A few months later, my first bit of scholarship appeared in print.

    Academic text (1999)
  • First, it demonstrates how serious scholarship can help to advance social goals.

  • We'll never be able to raise this child to the level of scholarship she deserves.

  • There's been a lot of scholarship on this very subject recently.

  • Their book, Deep South, is a quietly revolutionary landmark experiment in interracial scholarship.

  • For today's new-styled academic, scholarship serves as a substitute for radical political action.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Then you'll even be more proud to learn that I'm recommending both Sandy and Eli for full academic scholarship.

  • The professor's research reflects a deep understanding of scholarship.

Synonyms

learning
vsscholarship
  • Formal
96 2.0

Wide knowledge gained by study in a subject like history

is specifically profound academic knowledge shown by extensive study
erudition
vsscholarship
  • Formal
5 8.8

Great knowledge gained from study and reading

is deeper academic knowledge rather than merely wide reading
depth of knowledge
vsscholarship
1 6.3

A strong, detailed understanding of a subject

emphasizes profound scholarly mastery rather than general thoroughness

Compounds

textual scholarship
  • Specialized
9.9

Study of original texts and documents, including describing, copying, editing, and adding notes

How Scholarly

erudition
  • Formal
5 8.8
mastery
37 4.2
scholarship
  • Formal
43 6.1
learning
508 1.0
knowledge
1.0

Surface Forms

scholarship singular
scholarships plural

Morphology

scholarship = scholar (transparent) = scholar + ship

This sense denotes the quality or body of learning associated with a scholar, a straightforward nominalization of 'scholar' with '-ship' indicating state or condition.

Etymology

Scholarship comes from scholar (from Greek scholē, 'free time' that became 'place of learning' and is the same root as school) and the ending -ship (like in friendship) meaning 'state' or 'quality'. So scholarship can mean the deep learning or learned work that a scholar has.