scholarship.

1. Careful academic study, research, and knowledge in a subject.

2. Money or financial support awarded to help someone study.

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Words that belong together

• rigorous scholarship
• historical scholarship

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Recent scholarship challenges the dates accepted by earlier historians.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.