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Academy

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Noun

1. academy

a secondary school (usually private)

2. academy, honorary society

an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

3. academy

a school for special training

4. academy

a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Academy

see synonyms of academy
noun plural -mies
1. 
an institution or society for the advancement of literature, art, or science
2. 
a school for training in a particular skill or profession
a military academy
3. 
a secondary school: now used only as part of a name, and often denoting a private school
noun
the Academy
1. 
a. 
the grove or garden near Athens where Plato taught in the late 4th century bc
b. 
the school of philosophy founded by Plato
c. 
the members of this school and their successors
2.  short for the French Academy, Royal Academy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Academy

see synonyms of academy
nounWord forms: plural aˈcademies
1. 
a private secondary or high school
2. 
a school offering instruction in a special field
a music academy
3. 
an association of scholars, writers, artists, etc., for advancing literature, art, or science

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Academy

see synonyms of academy
n. pl. a·cad·e·mies
1. A school for special instruction.
2. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one.
3.
a. The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust" (Jesse Jackson).
b. Higher education in general. Used with the.
c. A society of scholars, scientists, or artists.
4. Academy
a. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.
b. Platonism.
c. The disciples of Plato.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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