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academy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈkad.ə.me/ (Scotland)
  • /əˈkæd.ə.mi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der. Classical Latin acadēmī̆ader. Middle English Achademia English academy From Middle English Achademia, achademy, Achademye, achadomye, from Classical Latin Acadēmī̆a /acadēmī̆a, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Doublet of academe, academia, and Akademeia.

Meanings

  1. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
    • 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". 1776, David Hume, The life of David Hume:
    • The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures 1760–5, Tobias Smollett, The history of England from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II, published 1805, page 449:
  2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
    • 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. 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 9, in Crime out of Mind:
    • the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music; a music academy; a language academy
  3. A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
    • the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology
  4. (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
    • 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. 2016, Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A Political History of Digital Humanities:
  5. A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
  6. (UK) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
  7. (capitalized, usually) The garden where Plato taught.
  8. (capitalized, usually) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
  9. (obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.

Forms

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Deriveds

national academy · youth academy · academese · floating academy · Academism · riding academy · service academy · military academy · academy leader · academite · Academy of Sciences · academy blue · multi-academy trust · POLAC · academy chain · interacademy · academy figure · academy school · academy board · academism · laughing academy

Relateds

academe · Akademi · academics · academia · academicism · academical · academically · academician · academic

Synonyms

learned society (society of learned people) · academe

Translations (202)

hu akadémia (specialized school) · ro academie (college or university) · ur اَکَیڈَمی (learned society) · it accademia (specialized school) · be акадэ́мія (college or university) · et akadeemia (specialized school) · sh akadèmija (learned society) · my အကယ်ဒမီ (specialized school) · hy ակադեմիա (learned society) · nl universiteit (college or university) · fa-ira فَرْهَنْگِسْتان (learned society) · ga acadamh (specialized school) · xal академ (learned society) · el ακαδημία (learned society) · is háskóli (college or university) · ja 学院 (specialized school) · hu főiskola (specialized school) · ka აკადემია (specialized school) · kk академия (learned society) · my အကယ်ဒမီ (learned society) · ga acadamh (learned society) · hu főiskola (college or university) · xal академ (college or university) · ar مَجْمَع (learned society) · as একাডেমি (learned society) · nl college (college or university) · mk академија (college or university) · yue 學院 /学院 (college or university) · tg академия (specialized school) · ko 학회 (learned society) · km បណ្ឌិត្យសភា (specialized school) · uk акаде́мія (learned society) · bg акаде́мия (college or university) · eo akademio (specialized school) · kk академия (specialized school) · es academia (learned society) · de Akademie (specialized school) · tl talisikan (college or university) · lv akadēmija (learned society) · tl akademya (specialized school) · tg академия (learned society) · ko 학원 (college or university) · fi akatemia (learned society) · tl linangan (learned society) · sv akademi (specialized school) · bg акаде́мия (specialized school) · tr akademi (learned society) · sh акадѐмија (specialized school) · ms akademi (learned society) · fa-ira دانِشْگاه (college or university) · is akademía (learned society) · cy academi (college or university) · el ακαδημία (college or university) · sq akademi (specialized school) · xal академ (specialized school) · cs akademie (learned society) · eo akademio (learned society) · id akademi (learned society) · uz akademiya (learned society) · sv akademi (learned society) · af akademie (college or university) · lt akademija (specialized school) · tk akademiýa (learned society) · vo kadäm (learned society) · nl academie (specialized school) · bn অ্যাকাডেমি (specialized school) · ko 학원 (college or university) · lv akadēmija (college or university) · ja 翰林院 (learned society) · lv akadēmija (specialized school) · lo ບັນດິດສະຖານ (specialized school) · it accademia (learned society) · uz akademiya (specialized school) · mk академија (specialized school) · nn akademi (learned society) · is akademía (specialized school) · ja 学園 (college or university) · fr académie (specialized school) · nn akademi (college or university) · vi viện hàn lâm (learned society) · tk akademiýa (specialized school) · hy ակադեմիա (specialized school) · sh akadèmija (college or university) · ro academie (specialized school) · hy ակադեմիա (college or university) · ja 学院 (college or university) · tr akademi (college or university) · el ακαδημία (specialized school) · id akademi (specialized school) · ar أَكَادِيمِيَّة (college or university) · is skóli (specialized school) · hi अकादमी (learned society) · sh акадѐмија (learned society) · sh акадѐмија (college or university) · pt academia (specialized school) · ms akademi (college or university) · gd acadamaidh (college or university) · pt academia (college or university) · az akademiya (specialized school) · hi अकादमी (specialized school) · ko 학원 (specialized school) · cmn 學院 /学院 (college or university) · uk акаде́мія (college or university) · hu akadémia (learned society) · ky академия (specialized school) · fi korkeakoulu (college or university) · ar جَامِعَة (college or university) · da akademi (specialized school) · ru акаде́мия (college or university) · nb akademi (learned society) · da akademi (learned society) · ar أَكَادِيمِيَّة (specialized school) · nn akademi (specialized school) · mn академи (specialized school) · ky академия (learned society) · ka აკადემია (learned society) · he אֲקָדֶמְיָה (specialized school) · tg фарҳангистон (learned society) · be акадэ́мія (specialized school) · de Akademie (learned society) · th สถาบันการศึกษา (specialized school) · fr académie (college or university) · ru акаде́мия (specialized school) · ja 学会 (learned society) · cmn 學院 /学院 (specialized school) · is háskóli (specialized school) · hu iskola (specialized school) · vo kadem (learned society) · lo ວິທະຍາຄານ (specialized school) · pl akademia (learned society) · mn академи (learned society) · sl akademija (specialized school) · ca acadèmia (specialized school) · nl academie (college or university) · tr akademi (specialized school) · nb akademi (college or university) · fr académie (learned society) · ja 専門学校 (specialized school) · th สำนัก (specialized school) · ru вуз (specialized school) · sl akademija (learned society) · ar مَجْمَع (specialized school) · ar مَجْمَع (college or university) · ps اکاډيمي (specialized school) · ja アカデミー (specialized school) · sq akademi (learned society) · vi học viện (specialized school) · cs akademie (specialized school) · tl talisikan (learned society) · nb akademi (specialized school) · it accademia (college or university) · sv akademi (college or university) · de akademische Einrichtung (college or university) · gd acadamaidh (specialized school) · fi opisto (specialized school) · bn অ্যাকাডেমি (learned society) · nl academie (learned society) · fa-ira آکادِمی (specialized school) · uk акаде́мія (specialized school) · tr yüksekokul (college or university) · sq akademi (college or university) · gd acadamaidh (learned society) · cmn 學會 /学会 (learned society) · fi yliopisto (college or university) · ru акаде́мия (learned society) · az akademiya (learned society) · th วิทยาคาร (specialized school) · et akadeemia (learned society) · af akademie (specialized school) · lt akademija (learned society) · sk akadémia (college or university) · ms akademi (specialized school) · ar مَعْهَد (college or university) · ja アカデミー (learned society) · pt academia (learned society) · ko 아카데미 (specialized school) · ca acadèmia (learned society) · hy կաճառ (learned society) · sk akadémia (learned society) · ru вы́сшее уче́бное заведе́ние (specialized school) · ro universitate (college or university) · sk akadémia (specialized school) · fa-ira آکادِمی (learned society) · ur اَکَیڈَمی (specialized school) · ar أَكَادِيمِيَّة (learned society) · cy academi (specialized school) · ug ئاكادىمىيە (specialized school) · ko 아카데미 (learned society) · sh akadèmija (specialized school) · ga acadamh (college or university) · ug ئاكادىمىيە (learned society) · fi akatemia (specialized school) · cy academi (learned society) · ro academie (learned society) · tl talisikan (specialized school) · bg акаде́мия (learned society) · sl akademija (college or university) · es cantera (specialized school) · pl akademia (specialized school) · de Akademie (college or university) · be акадэ́мія (learned society) · pl akademia (college or university)