n.
systematized knowledge, research
1) to foster, promote ~
2) productive; scientific; solid, sound, thorough ~
aid to a student, researcher, writer
3) to establish, found a ~
4) to award, grant a ~
5) to apply for; get, receive, win; hold a ~
6) a ~ for (to receive a ~ for language study)
7) a ~ to + inf. (she won a ~ to study abroad)