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




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