Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: academy  u'ka-du-mee
  1. A secondary school (usually private)
     
  2. An institution for the advancement of art, science or literature
    - honorary society
     
  3. A school for special training
     
  4. A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

Derived forms: academies

Type of: establishment, Gymnasium, institution, lycée, lyceum, middle school, school, secondary school

Encyclopedia: Academy, New Jersey

Nearest

academic robe
academic session
academic term
academic year
academical
academically
academician
academicianship
academicism
academism
academy
Academy Award
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Acadia
Acadia National Park
Acadian
acai
açaí
acai berry
acajou