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# academy

noun (an academy, academies)

«academy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An academy is a school or college, often one that trains people in a special skill, such as music, dance, football or the police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#m1)
2. In England an academy is a kind of state school paid for by the government but run by a trust instead of the local council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#m2)
3. An academy can be a society of famous experts in science or art, such as a national academy of sciences. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#m3)
4. In ancient Greece the Academy was the school of the philosopher Plato. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life an academy is where you train: a football academy, a dance academy, a drama academy. UK children often go to schools with «Academy» in their names. In history lessons about ancient Greece you meet Plato's Academy. Phrases: football academy, police academy, the Royal Academy, an academy school, the Academy Awards (the Oscars).

### Examples

- My cousin trains at a football academy on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x1)
- Our school became an academy last year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x2)
- She won a place at a ballet academy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x3)
- Plato taught at the Academy in Athens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x4)
- The Academy of Sciences gave her a prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x5)
- The Royal Academy shows paintings in London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x6)
- He wants to join the police academy when he grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x7)
- The film won three Academy Awards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x8)
- Holberg, Denmark's Moliere, founded here an academy for the sons of the nobles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x9)

### Note

Countable: an academy (use «an»), two academies (y changes to ies). Pronounced «uh-KAD-uh-mee». Related word: «academic» (about school learning or university). Capital A when part of a name (Riverside Academy). Trap: in the US «academy» often means a private school; in England it is usually a state school with its own trust.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «academy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«academy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/academy.html) on Mova free.