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academy
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[ noun ] (education) a secondary school (usually private)
Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)You 've already sent your daughter to Miss_X 's select academy for girls and your son to Mr._Y 's select academy for boys , and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity . You 've already sent your daughter to Miss_X 's select academy for girls and your son to Mr._Y 's select academy for boys , and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity . If there 's no suitable academy in your own neighborhood , there 's always New_England . New_England academies welcome fugitives from the provinces , South as_well_as West . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)`` Just befoh he left foh his academeh we wuh hevin dack-rihs on the vuhranduh , Major_Roebuck an Ah , an Huhmun says ' May Ah hev one too ' ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
Synonyms Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)He worked in oil for years before beginning his work in watercolor , and his first public recognition and early honors , including his election to the Academy , were for his essays in the heavier medium . |
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[ noun ] (education) a school for special training
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[ noun ] (education) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
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