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academy¹

  • /əˈkæd.ə.mi/ US, UK
  • /əˈkad.ə.me/ Scotland

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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.

noun academies

  1. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures
  2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. 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. 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.
  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.

Academy²

  • /əˈkæd.ə.mi/ US

Where it comes from

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 academia and Akademeia; compare academe.

proper noun the Academy

  1. uncountable The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught.
  2. uncountable The disciples of Plato.
  3. uncountable Platonism.
  4. uncountable A specific society of scholars or artists.

proper noun

  1. uncountable A northern neighbourhood of St. Louis, Missouri.
  2. uncountable An unincorporated community in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
  3. uncountable A settlement in the city of Little River-Academy, Bell County, Texas.

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