Definitions for Academy

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Academy a·cad·e·my

Spelling: [uh-kad-uh-mee]

IPA: /əˈkæd ə mi/

Academy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in Academy (aacdemy).

Definitions for Academy

noun

1. a secondary or high school, especially a private one.
2. a school or college for special instruction or training in a subject:
3. an association or institution for the advancement of art, literature, or science:
4. a group of authorities and leaders in a field of scholarship, art, etc., who are often permitted to dictate standards, prescribe methods, and criticize new ideas.
5. the Academy. the Platonic school of philosophy or its adherents. academe (def 3). French Academy. Royal Academy.

Origin of Academy

1470-80; Latin acadēmīa Greek akadḗmeia, equivalent to Akádēm(os) Academus + -eia adj. suffix

Examples for Academy

I want, sir, if you please, to be admitted to draw at the academy.

He spoke of the present-day tragedies and turmoil that struck the city while he and his classmates were in the academy.

"She'd have to go to an academy first to get fitten for it," said Ma.

Det. Rafael Ramos spent a lifetime trying to become a police officer, entering the academy at age 38.

As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.

But he made it through the academy and he was soon living his dream.

It is probable that Handel himself had contributed to the downfall of the academy.

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, academy?

And as he spoke, Cano dashed his statue to pieces on the pavement of the academy.

What the paper tells us is that the academy had not engaged Buononcini for the coming season.