Scholar - English meaning

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

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Academic achievement

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

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The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective

Relating to schools, esp. colleges and universities, or connected with studying and thinking and not with useful skills

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Which diamond ring you like more is purely academic, because i can’t afford either one.

noun

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

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He had absolute authority over his subordinates

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The power to control or demand obedience from others

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[ u ] the police have no legal authority in these disputes., [ u ] we have to find someone in autho…

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The official power to make decisions for other people or to tell them what they must do

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The executive committee can delegate authority to the chairperson., he did not have enough authorit…

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An intellectual or literary woman.

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A victorian bluestocking

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A highly academic or studious person; an intellectual.

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The tv egghead who brought science to the masses

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A person, especially a man, who is very clever and interested only in studying and other mental activities

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A person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area.

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An expert in healthcare

adjective

Having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area.

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He had received expert academic advice

noun

A person having a high level of knowledge or skill in a particular subject

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He is the administration’s foreign-policy expert for eastern europe., she’s an expert swimmer.

adjective

Intellectual or rarefied in taste.

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Innovatory art had a small, mostly highbrow following

noun

A highbrow person.

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She considered all those without television as highbrows, intellectual snobs, or paupers

adjective

(of literature, art, music, films, or plays) serious and intended for intelligent educated people who know a lot about these forms of art, or (of people) intelligent and knowing a lot about such things

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Highbrow entertainment, a highbrow intellectual

noun

The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

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He was a man of action rather than of intellect

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A person’s ability to think and understand esp. ideas at a high level

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[ c ] the stroke left her partially paralyzed, but her intellect was not affected.

adjective

Relating to the intellect.

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Children need intellectual stimulation

noun

A person possessing a highly developed intellect.

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A prominent political thinker and intellectual

adjective

Relating to the ability to think and understand ideas at a high level, or involving ideas

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He was among the political and intellectual leaders of his time.

noun

A person with an outstanding intellect.

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An eminent musical mastermind

verb

Plan and direct (an ingenious and complex scheme or enterprise).

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He was accused of masterminding a gold-smuggling racket

verb

To plan and direct a difficult activity

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Oliver masterminded the takeover of his top business competitor., the mastermind behind the escape …

noun

The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought.

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A lot of thoughts ran through my mind

verb

Be distressed, annoyed, or worried by.

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I don't mind the rain

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The part of a person that makes it possible for him or her to think, feel emotions, and understand things

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Her mind was full of what had happened the night before, and she just wasn't concentrating., of cou…

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A hindu scholar learned in sanskrit and hindu philosophy and religion, typically also a practising priest.

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The pandit chants the marriage mantras

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A hindu priest

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A hawaiian dish made from the fermented root of the taro which has been baked and pounded to a paste.

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Their diet consisted primarily of poi (pounded taro); pork, coconut, and all but three varieties of…

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A small light ball of woven flax, swung rhythmically on the end of a string in maori action songs and dances.

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We watch people breathing fire and dancing with poi

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A thick, soft food from hawaii made from the root of a tropical plant that is crushed and then fermented (= changed by the action of bacteria)

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We lived off fish, fruit, and poi., you can pick up a bag of poi from the chilled counter.

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A person of wide knowledge or learning.

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A renaissance polymath

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A person who knows a lot about many different subjects

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A university academic of the highest rank; the holder of a university chair.

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Professor goodwin

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An expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called upon to give their opinions to the public.

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Political pundits were tipping him for promotion

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A jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches jewish law.

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With my rabbi teaching me torah and how to ask the big questions, it became harder and harder to tr…

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A learned person, especially a distinguished scientist.