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Definition of "academy" []
- A school for special instruction. (noun)
- A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one. (noun)
- The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust” ( Jesse Jackson). (noun)
- Higher education in general. Used with the. (noun)
- A society of scholars, scientists, or artists. (noun)
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Use "academy" in a sentence
- "Several of those caught up in the probe say they expect the number of midshipmen who will be "separated" - the term academy officials use for expulsion - to reach more than a dozen."
- "Going back to France in the 1860s, the word "academy" has connoted everything avant-garde artists have clamored to escape: It meant state control of their careers and it forced them to work in a realistic style and within approved genres, such as history and mythology, instead of developing new kinds of art."
- "Adam the academy is a joke, has been for years stb247"
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