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fel·low·ship
(fĕl′ō-shĭp′)n.
1.
a. The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms: a voracious reader who found fellowship in a book club.
b. Friendship; comradeship: A strong fellowship developed among them.
c. A close association of friends or equals sharing similar interests: a fellowship of photographers.
2.
a. The financial grant made to a fellow in a college or university.
b. The status or position of one who is awarded such a grant.
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fellowship
(ˈfɛləʊˌʃɪp)n
1. the state of sharing mutual interests, experiences, activities, etc
2. a society of people sharing mutual interests, experiences, activities, etc; club
3. companionship; friendship
4. the state or relationship of being a fellow
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms)
a. mutual trust and charitableness between Christians
b. a Church or religious association
6. (Education) education
a. a financed research post providing study facilities, privileges, etc, often in return for teaching services
b. a foundation endowed to support a postgraduate research student
c. an honorary title carrying certain privileges awarded to a postgraduate student
7. (Education) (often capital) the body of fellows in a college, university, etc
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fel•low•ship
(ˈfɛl oʊˌʃɪp)n.
1. the condition or relation of belonging to the same class or group.
2. friendly relationship; companionship; camaraderie: the fellowship among old friends.
3. community of interest, feeling, etc.
4. friendliness.
5. an association of persons having similar interests, occupations, enterprises, etc.
6.
a. the body of fellows in a college or university.
b. the position or stipend of a fellow of a college or university.
c. a foundation for the maintenance of a fellow in a college or university.
[1150–1200]
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Fellowship
a company of equals or friends; a union or association; habitual companions; the crew of a vessel, 1466; members of a corporation or guild; the body of fellows of a college.Examples: fellowship of the apostles; of friends; of holy men, 1541; of prophets, 1549; of vessels [boats], 1827; of yeomen, 1486.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
fellowship
The position of fellow at a college or university, or the money granted to one.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" koinonia - Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community |
2. | ![]() freemasonry - a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests; "he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press" friendly relationship, friendship - the state of being friends (or friendly) | |
3. | fellowship - money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research |
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fellowship
noun
1. society, club, league, association, organization, guild, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, order, sodality the National Youth Fellowship
2. camaraderie, intimacy, communion, familiarity, brotherhood, companionship, sociability, amity, kindliness, fraternization, companionability, intercourse a sense of community and fellowship
Quotations
"Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell" [William Morris A Dream of John Ball]
"Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell" [William Morris A Dream of John Ball]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
fellowship
noun1. A pleasant association among people:
2. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common:
3. The condition of being friends:
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Translations
صَداقَه، زَمالَه، صُحْبَهمِنْحَه دراسيَّهنادٍ، إتحاد
přátelstvíspolečenstvíspolekstipendiumsvaz
forbundforeningkammeratskabselskabstipendium
félag, félagsskapurvinátta
spolok
arkadaşlıkbilimsel araştırma bursudernek
fellowship
[ˈfeləʊʃɪp] N1. (= companionship) → compañerismo m
2. (= club, society) → asociación f
3. (Brit) (Univ) (= paid research post) → puesto m de becario (de investigación) (US) (Univ) (= grant) → beca f de investigación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fellowship
[ˈfɛləʊʃɪp] n (= society) → association f
(= comradeship) → camaraderie f
(UNIVERSITY) (= funding) sorte de bourse universitairefellow traveller n
(= communist sympathizer) → communisant(e) m/ffell-walking [ˈfɛlwɔːkɪŋ] n (British) → randonnée f en montagne
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fellowship
n
no pl → Kameradschaft f; (= company) → Gesellschaft f; (Eccl) → Gemeinschaft f; … who lived without the fellowship of other men → …, der keinen Umgang mit anderen Menschen hatte; there’s no sense of fellowship here → hier herrscht kein kameradschaftlicher Geist
(Univ: = scholarship) → Forschungsstipendium nt; (= job) Position eines Fellow
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fellowship
[ˈfɛləʊˌʃɪp] n (companionship) → compagnia; (club, society) → associazione f (Univ) (research post) → incarico come ricercatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fellow
(ˈfeləu) noun1. a man. He's quite a nice fellow but I don't like him.
2. (often as part of a word) a companion and equal. She is playing with her schoolfellows.
3. a member of certain academic societies; a member of the governing body or teaching staff of a college.
adjective belonging to the same group, country etc. a fellow student; a fellow music-lover.
ˈfellowship noun1. an association (of people with common interests). a youth fellowship (= a club for young people).
2. friendliness.
3. a scholarship given to a graduate student for advanced studies or for research.
ˌfellow-ˈfeeling noun sympathy (especially for someone in a similar situation, of similar tastes etc). I had a fellow-feeling for the other patient with the broken leg.
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