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academy

academy

416 3.3
A school for special training in one subject, like art or music
  • noun
  • /əˈkædəmi/
: academia
  • We rounded out our apprenticeship... at the most exclusive dramatics academy.
  • a military academy
  • an art academy
  • a music academy

He actually graduates from New York Film Academy in a week to week.

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Examples

  • He is sending his brother to the military academy in Tokyo.

  • We've created an academy to take the best SIM racers in the world and train them to race real race cars.

  • Not even the police academy will teach you things like these.

  • That military academy is starting to look like a real sweet option to me and your mother about now.

  • It's a military academy in Virginia.

  • When you went through the Academy, were you treated differently?

  • So a prestigious art Academy life at the moment feels perfect.

  • She's in first grade at the music academy.

  • Since 2009, it has sponsored and coordinated a training academy open to civilian and federal agencies.

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  • She studies painting at the local academy for the arts.

Synonyms

art school
vsacademy
47 2.7

A school where people learn to make art like painting or sculpture

is broader and applies to specialised training across many fields
conservatory
vsacademy
17 5.8

A school where students train in music and other arts

is broader, covering special training in many different fields

Compounds

123 2.7

A prize given each year for the best work in movies, like acting or directing

A school where people train to become police officers

A school that trains people to be military officers

22 5.5

A school that trains people to be navy officers

A group of top American scientists who give independent advice on science to the government

A school that trains people to be officers in an air force

7 5.7

A London group that promotes painting, sculpture, and architecture

An American group that gives the Oscars every year for work in movies

A school at West Point that trains people to be officers in the United States Army

An art organisation in London that promotes painting, sculpture and architecture

A school that trains people to be officers in the United States Army, often called West Point

A US government school in Annapolis, Maryland that trains people to be Navy and Marine Corps officers

A college that trains people to become officers in the United States Navy

An American organization that gives the Emmy Awards for the best work in television

A United States military school in Colorado Springs that trains Air Force officers

An official group of important French writers and scholars who set rules for the French language

A school in ancient Athens where Plato taught philosophy

A school that trains people to be officers in the US Air Force at Colorado Springs

How Scholarly

literary study
  • Literature
1 5.7
university
∞ 1.0
academy
416 3.3
athenaeum
1 9.9
study group
38 2.8
book club
8 1.8

Surface Forms

academy singular
academies plural

Etymology

Academy comes from the Greek Akademia, the 'garden' where Plato gave special lessons, so it long meant a place for expert teaching. That's why today an academy is often a school for one skill, like music, art, or the police.