Definizione monolingua

academy

academy (plural academies)

1. A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science

   the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.

2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught

   the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.

3. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.
4. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.
5. A place of training; a school.
   • 1760-5, Tobias Smollett, The history of England from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II, published 1805, page 449:

     The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures

   • 1776, David Hume, The life of David Hume^[1]:

     In this year 1633, I became acquainted with Nicholas Fiske, licentiate in physic, who was born in Suffolk, near Framingham* Castle, of very good parentage, who educated him at country schools, until he was fit for the university; but he went not to the academy, studying at home both astrology and physic, which he afterwards practised in Colchester; and there was well acquainted with Dr Gilbert, who wrote ""De Magnete"".

6. (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.

Definizione dizionario academy

	accademia
	learned society
	specialized school
	college or university
	An institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees.

	seminario
	seminary

	università
	An institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees.

accadèmia

Altri significati:

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.

(obsolete, slang) A brothel (1811 '''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue''' )

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.

place of training, school

(with '''the''' , without reference to any specific academy) Academia.

A place of training; a school.

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science

A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences.

A school or place of training in which some special art is taught

Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a rank between a college and a common school.