scholarship
/ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
Australian usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There were proposals to revive choir scholarships, because a shortage of regular choristers meant that weddings often went choirless."
- "Since I was a teenager I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school."
- "There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force."
- "I found the website and found people mingling scholarship with faith – great googly moogly!"
- "Up from the tenements of the Lower East Side, he had scholarshiped at Cornell and Harvard Law."
- "In the first year, twenty children were scholarshiped to attend the Kids Across America Kamp in Branson, Missouri."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ)bor. Latin schola Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin scholārisbor. Old English scōlere Middle English scolere English scholar Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English scholarship From scholar + -ship.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/
- British English: /ˈskɒləʃɪp/