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   academy

   /əˈkadəmi/

   noun

   • 1. a place of study or training in a special field: "a police academy"
   • ▪ a place of study: dated "he was educated privately at academies in Margate"
   • ▪ (in England) an inner-city school which is funded by the government and sometimes also by a private individual or organization but is not controlled by the local authority.
   • ▪ a secondary school, in the US typically a private one: US, Scottish "Mark left St Andrews Academy with five highers, and studied maths at Glasgow University"
   • ▪ the teaching school founded by Plato.
   • 2. a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field: "the Royal Academy of Arts"

   Word 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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