As a noun scholarship
is a grant-in-aid to a student.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
scholarship
English
Noun
(
wikipedia scholarship)
(
en noun)
A grant-in-aid to a student.
The character or qualities of a scholar.
The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
(uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
(Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
Related terms
* school
* scholar, scholarly
* scholarism (archaic)
* scholastic, scholasticism
* scholasticate
Synonyms
* (money to assist a student to study) allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary
* (character of a scholar)
* (activity of a scholar)
* (knowledge accrued by the activity of scholars)
x
Translingual
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(
wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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, page=X
, NATO=X-ray
, Morse=–··–
, Character=X
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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