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   A·cad·e·my

   /əˈkadəmē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a place of study or training in a special field: "a police academy"
   • ▪ a place of study. dated
   • ▪ a secondary school, typically a private one: US, Scottish "he had passed all his finals at Ephebus Academy"
   • ▪ 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 National Academy of Sciences"
   • ▪ the community of scholars; academe: "a writing and publishing world outside the academy"

   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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