academy
noun
/əˈkad.ə.mɪ/
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/əˈkæd.ə.mi/
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- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 18th century.]
- (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
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ακαδημία
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