Definition of academy Academy
/ʌkæˈdʌmi/ - [ukatdumee] - a•cad•e•my
We found 21 definitions of academy from 8 different sources.
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NounPlural: academies |
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| academy - an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | ||
| honorary society | ||
| institution, establishment an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | ||
| academy of motion picture arts and sciences | ||
| academy of television arts and sciences an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television | ||
| french academy an honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government; "the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language" | ||
| national academy of sciences an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War | ||
| royal academy, royal academy of arts an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain | ||
| royal society, royal society of london for improving natural knowledge an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science | ||
| academy - a school for special training | ||
| school a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" | ||
| yeshiva, yeshivah an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) | ||
| police academy an academy for training police officers | ||
| military academy an academy for training military officers | ||
| naval academy an academy for training naval officers | ||
| air force academy an academy for training air force officers | ||
| academy - a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | ||
| establishment a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | ||
| academy - a secondary school (usually private) | ||
| lycee, middle school, secondary school, gymnasium, lyceum a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- academy (Noun)
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. - academy (Noun)
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. - academy (Noun)
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. - academy (Noun)
Academia. - academy (Noun)
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- academy (n.)
A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. - academy (n.)
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school. - academy (n.)
A place of training; a school. - academy (n.)
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology. - academy (n.)
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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academy
An institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. -
academy
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences. -
academy
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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academy
ak-ad′em-i, n. (orig.) the school of Plato: a higher school: a society for the promotion of science or art.—adjs. Academ′ic, -al, of an academy: theoretical as opposed to practical.—adv. Academ′ically.—n.pl. Academ′icals, the articles of dress worn by members of an academy or college.—ns. Academic′ian, Acad′emist, a member of an academy, or, specially, of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy in London. [Gr. Akadēmia, the name of the garden near Athens where Plato taught.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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academy
A brothel. The Floating Academy; the lighters on board of which those persons are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour, instead of transportation.--Campbell's Academy; the same, from a gentleman of that name, who had the contract for victualling the hulks or lighters.
Wikipedia 
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An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens, Greece.
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🔤- academy, noun, singular of academies.
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