scholar

«scholar» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who studies one subject very deeply and knows a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a scholar, scholars)

meaning for a pupil

1) A scholar is a person who studies one subject very deeply and knows a great deal about it, like a professor. tree →

2) A scholar is a pupil or student who has won a scholarship, money to pay for their studies. tree →

3) (old, informal) A scholar is any pupil or schoolchild, or someone who is good at learning. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and religious education, scholars are experts who study old books, languages and the Bible; in stories a scholar is a wise, bookish person. A school may call its prize-winning pupils «scholars». Phrases: «a Bible scholar», «a classical scholar», «a scholar of history», «no scholar» (not good at book learning).

examples

• She is a scholar of ancient Egypt. tree →
• Bible scholars study the old languages of the Bible. tree →
• The scholar spent years reading old letters in the library. tree →
• He became a music scholar at the big school. tree →
• Dad laughs and says he was never much of a scholar. tree →
• Scholars argue about who wrote the poem. tree →
• The young scholars filed into the hall for prize day. tree →
• ‘Selim,’ said the Caliph, ‘I hear you are a scholar. tree →

note

Countable: a scholar, two scholars. Related words: «scholarly» (careful and learned), «scholarship» (a grant of money for study, or deep learning itself). A scholar is not the same as a «schoolboy» today, though in older English and in some countries it can mean any pupil.

In the corpora

• The Earth is about 40,000 km around the equator, and the Greek scholar Eratosthenes estimated this size quite well around 240 BC.
• Scholars have been able to read most of their writing only since the 1970s.
• What really happened: it was damaged by fire in 48 BCE and probably faded slowly over centuries as money and scholars left.
• In the 1100s scholars in Toledo, in Spain, translated Arabic books into Latin, bringing Greek and Arab science to European readers.
• And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scholar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.