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academy

[ uh-kad-uh-mee ]

noun

, plural a·cad·e·mies.
  1. a secondary or high school, especially a private one:

    My daughter goes to a very exclusive academy in Chicago.

  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,
    1. the Platonic school of philosophy or its adherents.


academy

1

/ əˈkædəmɪ /

noun

  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


Academy

2

/ əˈkædəmɪ /

noun

    1. the grove or garden near Athens where Plato taught in the late 4th century bc
    2. the school of philosophy founded by Plato
    3. the members of this school and their successors

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Word History and Origins

Origin of academy1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English achademye, achadomye, from Latin Acadēmīa, the name of the public gymnasium near Athens, sacred to the hero Academus, where Plato established his school of philosophy; from Greek Akadēmía, variant of Akadḗmeia, noun use of feminine adjective Akadḗmeios, derivative of Akádēm(os) + -eia adjective suffix; Academus; -y 3( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of academy1

C16: via Latin from Greek akadēmeia name of the grove where Plato taught, named after the legendary hero Akadēmos

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Example Sentences

Every time Selin turns to the academy to help her understand language, she finds herself trapped, undermined, rejected.

From Vox

Grandparents create Tik Tok videos, travel the world with and without their grandchildren, two-step at the club, run their own dance academies, and have careers that they’re still growing and thriving in.

The academy this week announced new rules to mandate a certain level of diversity in nominated films and at the studios behind them.

From Fortune

The memory-intensive naming schemes in modern math may have the result of boxing out the laymen, but we must hope the priests of the academy are not doing it on purpose.

Catus argues that private security forces often require more training than the typical police academy does.

From Ozy

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?

He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.

Ramos just missed being called for one police academy class.

Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.

But he made it through the academy and he was soon living his dream.

The collection in the Academy I thought much better, but still far enough behind similar galleries in Rome.

He was distinguished as an oriental scholar, and died while delivering an oration at the academy of Caen.

Ladies and gentlemen, he falteringly said, Signor Diotti left his hotel at seven oclock and was driven to the Academy.

This assembly, to which Boileau and Racine afterwards belonged, soon became an academy of itself.

The least opulent in the Academy were the first to reject his offers, and to prefer liberty to pensions and honors.

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