academy

IPA: ʌkˈædʌmi

(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, history) The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
(classical studies) The disciples of Plato.
(classical studies, philosophy) Platonism.
A specific society of scholars or artists.

Examples of "academy" in Sentences

The Academy is not a remedial program.
He was the predecessor of this academy.
The Academy is the mainstay of teaching.
The Academy is located in the Roman Seminary.
The shareholders originally owned the academy.
There is an American academy of otolaryngology.
The President is the elected head of the Academy.
This brought in the skeptical phase of the Academy.
The Air Force Academy is among the most selective colleges in the United States.
Academy schools are flouting admission rules to select pupils from more privileged families.