1 a school or college for special training the United States Naval Academy a police/military academy2 Academy a type of official organization that aims to encourage and develop art, literature, scienc [..]

late 15c., "the classical Academy," properly the name of the public garden where Plato taught his school, from French Académie, from Latin Academia, from Greek Akademeia "The Academy; t [..]

Academies for painting were established across Europe during the 18th century although they first arose in Italy in the 16th century. They replaced and supplemented the medieval painters' guilds. [..]

Established during the Renaissance and widespread by the seventeenth century, academies were artist-run organisations whose aim was to improve the professional standing of artists as well as to provid [..]

The Academy was the olive grove outside Athens in which Plato set up his school of philosophy. It continued in operation for 900 years. The term was later used by the Ptolomys in Egypt, by Charlemagne [..]

a secondary school (usually private) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature a school for special training a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge An academ [..]

n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.

School founded in Athens by the philosopher Plato in the fourth century B.C.E. Maintained by his nephew Speucippus after Plato's death, the Academy eventually became fertile ground for the rise o [..]

Only use upper case when referring to the name of an academy, like Mossbourne Community Academy. See also Titles.

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To visit an academy in your dreams, denotes that you will regret opportunities that you have let pass through sheer idleness and indifference. To think you own, or are an inmate of one, you will find that you are to meet easy defeat of aspirations. You will take on knowledge, but be unable to rightly assimilate and apply it. For a young woman or an [..]

(n) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge(n) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature(n) a school for special training(n) a secondary school (usually priva [..]

a term for a secondary school, most common in the independent sector. With 'the' definite article, it is also a term for the higher education community generally. In England, since 2000 a (c [..]

Origin: F. Academie, L. Academia. Cf. Academe. 1. A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. 2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminar [..]

A Greek word meaning ‘garden’ and specifically the garden where philosopher Plato did his teaching. From that time, the term has come to reference a variety of state-sponsored teaching institutions. D [..]

A Greek word meaning ‘garden’ and specifically the garden where philosopher Plato did his teaching. From that time, the term has come to reference a variety of state-sponsored teaching institutions. D [..]

Originally the school of philosophy founded by Plato in the garden of Academe, a district in the vicinity of Athens. Today means a learned Art Group recognised as being authoritative in its discipline [..]