ACADEMY
\ɐkˈadəmi], \ɐkˈadəmi], \ɐ_k_ˈa_d_ə_m_i]\
Definitions of ACADEMY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
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a school for special training
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a secondary school (usually private)
By Princeton University
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an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
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a school for special training
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a secondary school (usually private)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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A place of training; a school.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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A place of training; a school.
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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 of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
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A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the of Music.
By Noah Webster.
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Organizations representing specialized fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., National Academy of Sciences, Brookings Institution, etc.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A private school or seminary for the teaching of the higher branches of education; a school for instruction in special subjects; an association or society of men famous in literature, science, and art; a building devoted to educational purposes.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A garden or grove near Athens, belonging originally to a person named Academus, where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences ;—a school, or seminary,. holding a rank between a university, or college and a common school ;—a society of men united for the promotion of arts and sciences in general, or of some particular art or science.
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