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academy

/əˈkæd.ə.mi/noun4 syllables

Academy means: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature.

Synonyms for academy3

noun, as in an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

honorary society

also used for academy

learned society, academe

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What does academy mean?4

noun

1

an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

2

a secondary school (usually private)

3

a school for special training

4

a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Academy in a sentence

  • John had to go back to the academy.Amastan
  • The concert series is performed under the aegis of a prominent music academy.always
  • Her so-called essay was actually an invective against the entire academy.rul
  • The old academy claimed to preserve higher knowledge from a forgotten age.rul
  • Dan studied psychological warfare techniques at infantry academy.Amastan
  • Ziri decided to sneak into the academy with the recruits.Amastan
  • I thought you had grown out of your childish bellyaching about the academy.Cangarejo
  • An example of disinformation is the reference to the Academy.Miktsoanit

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of academy

as a noun

plural
academies