WordUnscrambler Home
academy
Definitions
[əˈkadəmi], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a place of study or training in a special field
(e.g: a police academy)
- a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field
(e.g: the Royal Academy of Arts)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English (denoting the garden where Plato taught): from French académie or Latin academia, from Greek akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom Plato's garden was named
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for academy
definition by Oxford Dictionaries