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# scholarship

«scholarship» in Mova's school dictionary: **Money given to a pupil or student, usually because they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a scholarship, scholarships; scholarship — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Money given to a pupil or student, usually because they are very good at something or need help, to pay for their school or university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#m1)

2) (uncountable) Serious study and learning, the work of scholars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a pupil might win a scholarship to a private school, or a sports scholarship to a university, especially in the US. In history lessons, "scholarship" means careful study, like the scholarship of monks who copied books. Phrases: win a scholarship, get a scholarship, a full scholarship, sports scholarship, on a scholarship.

### examples

- My cousin won a scholarship to study music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x1)
- She went to university on a football scholarship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x2)
- A full scholarship pays for everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x3)
- The school offers scholarships to children who cannot afford the fees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x4)
- His book shows great scholarship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x5)
- Monks in the Middle Ages kept scholarship alive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x6)
- There was once a sculptor, named Alfred, who having won the large gold medal and obtained a travelling scholarship, went to Italy, and then came back to his native land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/#x7)

### note

Countable for the money (a scholarship); uncountable for learning. Similar: bursary (UK, often based on need), grant. A scholarship usually does not have to be paid back, unlike a loan.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scholarship» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scholarship/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.