academy

CEFRB1

/əˈkæd.ə.mi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A school or organization for education, training, or research.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • His new movie earned him an Academy Award.

  • She trained at the Royal Academy of Music.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /əˈkad.ə.mɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.

  2. The garden where Plato taught.

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

More examples

In context

  • Whereas Spain has the Royal Spanish Academy, the United States has Urban Dictionary.

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

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.