Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Related Searches
Synonyms
Nearby Words

Academies

 - 3 dictionary results
Colleges in New York
Search for Colleges in your area or the nation, with our directory!
CollegeAndUniversity.net
Academies
Academies Online. Free Shipping on 100,000+ Products!
www.Target.com

a⋅cad⋅e⋅my

  [uh-kad-uh-mee]
Use Academies in a Sentence
–noun, plural -mies.
1. a secondary or high school, esp. a private one.
2. a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject: a military academy.
3. an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science: the National Academy of Arts and Letters.
4. a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, etc., who are often permitted to dictate standards, prescribe methods, and criticize new ideas.
5. the Academy,
a. the Platonic school of philosophy or its adherents.
b. academe (def. 3).
c. French Academy.
d. Royal Academy.
Origin:
1470–80; < L acadēmīa < Gk akadmeia, equiv. to Akádēm(os) Academus + -eia adj. suffix
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To Academies
Colleges in New York
Search for Colleges in your area or the nation, with our directory!
CollegeAndUniversity.net
Academies
Academies Online. Free Shipping on 100,000+ Products!
www.Target.com
a·cad·e·my   (ə-kād'ə-mē)   
n.   pl. a·cad·e·mies

  1. A school for special instruction.

  2. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one.

    1. The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust" (Jesse Jackson).

    2. Higher education in general. Used with the.

    3. A society of scholars, scientists, or artists.

    4. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.

    5. Platonism.

    6. The disciples of Plato.

  4. Academy

    1. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.

    2. Platonism.

    3. The disciples of Plato.


[Latin Acadēmīa, the school where Plato taught, from Greek Akadēmeia.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

academy 
1474, from L. academia, from Gk. Akademeia "grove of Akademos," a legendary Athenian of the Trojan War tales (his name apparently means "of a silent district"), whose estate, six stadia from Athens, was the enclosure where Plato taught his school. Sense broadened 16c. into any school or training place. Poetic form Academe first attested 1588 in sense of "academy;" 1849 with meaning "the world of universities and scholarship," from phrase the groves of Academe, translating Horace's silvas Academi; in this sense, Academia is recorded from 1956. Academic "relating to an academy" first recorded 1586; sense of "not leading to a decision" (like university debates or classroom legal exercises) is from 1886. Academy awards (1941) so called for their distributor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see Academies on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way