academy: значение и определения

A school for special instruction.

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

The academic community; academe: "When there's moral leadership from the White House and from the academy, people tend to adjust” ( Jesse Jackson).

Higher education in general. Used with the.

A society of scholars, scientists, or artists.

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

Platonism.

The disciples of Plato.