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Meaning of academy

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

academy

Pronunciation:/əˈkæd.ə.mi//əˈkæd.ə.mi/

noun

Definitions

  1. (usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.

  2. (usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.

  3. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.

  4. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.

    Example: the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.; a music academy; a language academy