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academy

academy

109 3.3
A school for special training in one subject, like art or music
  • noun
  • /əˈkædəmi/
translation icon : 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
38 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
19 5.8

A school where students train in music and other arts

is broader, covering special training in many different fields

Compounds

77 2.7

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

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

A school where people train to become police officers

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

A school that trains people to be military officers

5 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 that trains people to be navy officers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A school in ancient Athens where Plato taught philosophy

How Scholarly

literary study
  • Literature
1 5.7
university
870 1.0
academy
109 3.3
athenaeum
1 9.9
study group
32 2.8
book club
52 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.