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plato

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun plato has 1 sense

academy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun academy has 4 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

academyn. [F. académie, L. academia. Cf. Academe.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A place of training; a school.  Hume.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

academy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a place of study or training in a special field (military academy; academy of dance). b hist. a place of study.
2 (usu. Academy) a society or institution of distinguished scholars, artists, scientists, etc. (Royal Academy).
3 Sc. a secondary school.
4 a Plato's followers or philosophical system. b the garden near Athens where Plato taught.

Etymology
F acad{eacute}mie or L academia f. Gk akademeia f. Akademos the hero after whom Plato's garden was named

DEVIL DICTIONARY

academy

n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.

THESAURUS

academy

Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, Schule, ecole, educational institution, escuela, grammar school, high, high school, institute, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, middle school, prep school, preparatory school, public school, scholastic institution, school, secondary school, seminary, senior high, senior high school, teaching institution

ROGET THESAURUS

academy

School

N school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, Lindley Murray, Cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, School Board Council of Education, Board of Education, Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies, Textbook Committee, propaganda, scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational, ex cathedra.

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