Academy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A school for special instruction.
  • n. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one.
  • n. The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust” ( Jesse Jackson).
  • n. Higher education in general. Used with the.
  • n. A society of scholars, scientists, or artists.
  • n. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.
  • n. Platonism.
  • n. The disciples of Plato.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Academia.
  • n. A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • n. A place of training; a school.
  • n. A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science
  • n. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] Originally, a public pleasure-ground of Athens, consecrated to Athene and other deities, containing a grove and gymnasium, where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, Plato and his followers collectively; the members of the school of Plato.
  • n. A superior school or institution of learning.
  • n. An association of adepts for the promotion of literature, science, or art, established sometimes by government, and sometimes by the voluntary union of private individuals.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a secondary school (usually private)
  • n. a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
  • n. a school for special training
  • n. an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
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