noun. A school for special instruction.

noun. A secondary or college-preparatory school, especially a private one.

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noun. The academic community; academe.

noun. Higher education in general. Used with the.

noun. A society of scholars, scientists, or artists.

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noun. Plato's school for advanced education and the first institutional school of philosophy.

noun. Platonism.

noun. The disciples of Plato.

noun. [capitalized] Originally, a public pleasure-ground of Athens, consecrated to Athene and other deities, containing a grove and gymnasium, where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, Plato and his followers collectively; the members of the school of Plato.

noun. A superior school or institution of learning.

noun. An association of adepts for the promotion of literature, science, or art, established sometimes by government, and sometimes by the voluntary union of private individuals.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A place of training; a school.

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

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

noun. a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.

noun. Academia.

noun. A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.

noun. a secondary school (usually private)

noun. a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

noun. a school for special training

noun. an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

"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."

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