Inflected forms: pl. a·cad·e·mies 1. A school for special instruction. 2. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one. 3a. The academic community; academe: “When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust” (Jesse Jackson). b. Higher education in general. Used with the.c. A society of scholars, scientists, or artists. 4.Academya. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy. b. Platonism. c. The disciples of Plato.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin Acadma, the school where Plato taught, from Greek Akadmeia.
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a, the school where Plato taught, from Greek Akad
