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schol·ar·ship (skäl′ər s̸hip′)

noun

  1. the quality of knowledge and learning shown by a student; standard of academic work
    1. the systematized knowledge of a learned person, exhibiting accuracy, critical ability, and thoroughness; erudition
    2. the knowledge attained by scholars, collectively
  3. a specific gift of money or other aid, as by a foundation, to help a student pay for instruction

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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