Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music
{i} secondary school; school which offers special instruction; academic association or institution
Academy appears in the names of some societies formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field. the American Academy of Psychotherapists. Society of learned individuals organized to advance art, science, literature, music, or some other cultural or intellectual area of endeavour. The word comes from the name of an olive grove outside ancient Athens, the site of Plato's famous school of philosophy in the 4th century BC. Academies appeared in Italy in the 15th century and reached their greatest influence in the 17th-18th centuries. Their purpose generally was to provide training and, when applicable, to create exhibiting or performance opportunities for their members or students. Most European countries now have at least one academy sponsored by or otherwise connected with the state. See also Académie Française. Academy Awards Donglin Academy Tung lin Academy Hanlin Academy Royal Academy of Arts United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy
Academy is sometimes used in the names of schools and colleges, especially those specializing in particular subjects or skills, or private high schools in the United States. the Royal Academy of Music. her experience as a police academy instructor
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology
A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head
a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge a school for special training a secondary school (usually private) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature