Meaning of academy | Babel Free

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1. The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
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2. The garden where Plato taught. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. A place in the United States:
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4. A northern neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
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5. The garden where Plato taught.
   capitalized, usually
6. The disciples of Plato.
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7. Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers
8. An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
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9. A school, especially a private school, or a place where a particular subject is taught.
10. Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
    capitalized, usually
11. Platonism.
    uncountable
12. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school
13. A settlement in the city of Little River-Academy, Bell County, Texas.
    uncountable
14. of or concerning study especially in schools, colleges etc. an academic career. akademies أكَادِيمِي академичен acadêmico akademický akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκός, πανεπιστημιακόςacadémico akadeemiline دانشگاهی akateeminen universitaire אקדמי, עיוני शैक्षिक akademski tudományos; egyetemi universiter háskóla-, fræðilegur accademico 学問の 학문의 akademinis, mokslinis akadēmisks karier akademik academischakademiskakademicki علمى académico universitar академический; учебный akademický, teoretický a...
    especially
15. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
16. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
17. A specific society of scholars or artists.
    uncountable
18. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught
19. a university or college teacher. كُلِّيَة، جَامِعه professor Universitätsdozent akademiker καθηγητής πανεπιστημίου ή κολεγίου profesor de universidad korkeakoulun opettaja universitaire egyetemi oktató dosen háskólakennari accademico 大学教師 대학 교수 dëstytojas, mokslininkas academicus universitets-/høyskolelærer nauczyciel akademicki, naukowiec د پوهنتون استاد professor uni­versitar преподаватель; профессор vysokoškolský učiteľ, -ka profesor akademiker, universitetslärare อาจารย์มหาวิทยาลัย öğreti...
20. A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science
21. A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
22. that part of the year when students go to school, college or university. The academic year ends in June. akademiese jaar السَّنَة الأكَادِيمِيه/ الجَامِعِيَه семестър ano escolar akademický rok das Schuljahr, akademisches Jahr skoleår; akademiske år ακαδημαϊκό έτοςaño académico akadeemiline aasta, õppeaasta سال تحصیلی lukuvuosi שְׁנַת לִימוּדִים אֲקָדֶמִית शैक्षिक वर्ष akademska godina (egyetemi) tanév tahun kuliah accademico 学年度 학년, 학기 mokslo metai akadēmiskais gads tahun akademik cursusjaar...
23. The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
    obsolete
24. akademies أكَاديمياً، جامِعِياً академичен em termos acadêmicos akademicky akademisch akademisk ακαδημαϊκάacadémicamente, en términos académicos akadeemiliselt از نظر تحصیلی akateemisesti académiquement בְּאוֹפֶן אֲקָדֶמִי शैक्षिक रूप से akademički elméletileg; elvontan akademis á hefðbundinn hátt, í viðteknum stíl in termini accademici 学問的に 학문적으로 akadēmiski dengan akademiknya academischakademisk naukowo د علمى يا تحصيلى له نظره em termos académicos academic академично, академически akademick...
25. Academia.
26. A school for special instruction.
27. A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
28. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one.
29. A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
    UK
30. The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust" (Jesse Jackson).
31. Academya. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.
32. (Education) an institution or society for the advancement of literature, art, or science

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Examples

“The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures”

“In this year 1633, I became acquainted with Nicholas Fiske, licentiate in physic, who was born in Suffolk, near Framingham* Castle, of very good parentage, who educated him at country schools, until he was fit for the university; but he went not to the academy, studying at home both astrology and physic, which he afterwards practised in Colchester; and there was well acquainted with Dr Gilbert, who wrote "De Magnete".”

“the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music; a music academy; a language academy”

“Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an orphan without money or friends.”

“the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology”

“In the academy and outside of it, the privileging of technical expertise above other forms of knowledge is a political gesture, and one that has proved highly effective in neutralizing critique of established power relations.”

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