ACADEMY

academy

(noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

academy

(noun) a school for special training

academy

(noun) a secondary school (usually private)

academy, honorary society

(noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

academy (plural academies)

(classical studies, usually, capitalized) The garden where Plato taught. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

(classical studies, usually, capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.]

(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.

A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.

Synonyms

• (society of learned people): learned society

Etymology

Proper noun

Academy (uncountable)

(classical studies, history) The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

(classical studies) The disciples of Plato. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

(classical studies, philosophy) Platonism. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

A specific society of scholars or artists.

Source: Wiktionary

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A*cad"e*my, n.; pl. Academies. Etym: [F. académie, L. academia. Cf. Academe.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." Hume.

4. 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.

5. 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. Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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