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academy

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Synonyms: academe, acadamy, academa

Antonyms: academe, acadamy, academa

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Noun

  1. An [[institution]] for the study of higher learning; a [[college]] or a [[university]]; typically a private school. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. {{defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  3. A society of [[learned]] people united for the [[advancement]] of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. {{defdate|First attested in the early 17th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  4. {{lb|en|with ''the''|without reference to any specific academy}} [[academia|Academia]].
  5. A [[body]] of established [[opinion]] in a particular [[field]], regarded as [[authoritative]].
  6. {{lb|en|UK|education}} A [[school]] directly funded by [[central]] [[government]], independent of [[local]] control; a [[charter school]].
  7. {{lb|en|classical studies|usually|capitalized}} The garden where Plato taught. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED>Brown, Lesley, ed. ''The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.'' 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.</ref>
  8. {{lb|en|classical studies|usually|capitalized}} Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The knowledge disseminated in an Academy. {{defdate|Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>

Proper noun

  1. {{lb|en|classical studies|history}} The school for advanced education founded by Plato; the garden where Plato taught. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED>Brown, Lesley, ed. ''The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.'' 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.</ref>
  2. {{lb|en|classical studies}} The [[disciples]] of [[Plato]]. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  3. {{lb|en|classical studies|philosophy}} [[Platonism]]. {{defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.}}<ref name=SOED/>
  4. A specific society of scholars or artists.

Proper noun

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