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Definition of Academy
1. Noun. A secondary school (usually private).
Derivative terms: Academician, Academician
2. Noun. An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature.
Generic synonyms: Establishment, Institution
Specialized synonyms: Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences, French Academy, National Academy Of Sciences, Royal Academy, Royal Academy Of Arts, Royal Society, Royal Society Of London For Improving Natural Knowledge
Member holonyms: Academician
Derivative terms: Academic, Academician, Academician, Academician
3. Noun. A school for special training.
Specialized synonyms: Yeshiva, Yeshivah, Police Academy, Military Academy, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, Plato's Academy
Derivative terms: Academician, Academician
4. Noun. A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.
Definition of Academy
1. 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.
Definition of Academy
1. a secondary school [n -MIES]
Medical Definition of Academy
1. Origin: F. Academie, 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." 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, a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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