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academie noun

academy

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academy noun

  /əkəˈɖɛmi/ , /əˈkad.ə.mɪ/ , /əˈkæd.ə.mi/ , /əˈkæɖəmi/
  • 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.
 academie
  • An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
 academie, college, universiteit
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