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uh-KAD-uh-mee/əˈkædəmi/

An academy is a school or college for specialist training, or a learned body: a police academy; an academy of science. In England it is also a state-funded school outside local-authority control. University is wider. Do not call a Saturday club an academy unless the name does. Shortages cut academy classroom time.

Meaning

A school or college for special training; also a body that promotes a subject.

Examples

• “The police academy shortened its classroom course during the shortage.”
• “Several academies joined a multi-academy trust, which is the English schools sense.”

Good to know

a police / military academy; an academy of. England: academy schools / trusts. Wider: university / college. Not a casual club. Policy debates.

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