scholarship
noun /ˈskɒləʃɪp/
/ˈskɑːlərʃɪp/
- [countable] an amount of money given to somebody by an organization to help pay for their education
- She won a scholarship to study at Stanford.
- on a scholarship He went to drama school on a scholarship.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2, Educationb2- She was awarded a scholarship to Columbia University.
- The Fund awards four scholarships every year.
- Two of the boys are on football scholarships.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- student
- academic
- …
- earn
- gain
- get
- …
- programme/program
- scheme
- student
- …
- on a scholarship
- scholarship to
- [uncountable] the serious study of an academic subject and the knowledge and methods involved synonym learning
- a magnificent work of scholarship
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1- Oxford became one of the great centres of medieval scholarship.
- Her two books maintain the highest standards of scholarship.
- He wrote in the tradition of German scholarship.