Academynoun
The garden where Plato taught.
Collegenoun
(obsolete) A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
Academynoun
Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
Collegenoun
(in some proper nouns) A group sharing common purposes or goals.
āCollege of Cardinals, College of Surgeonsā;
Academynoun
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
Collegenoun
(politics) An electoral college.
Academynoun
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
āthe military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.; a music academy; a language academyā;
Collegenoun
An academic institution.
Academynoun
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
āthe French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.ā;
Collegenoun
A specialized division of a university.
āCollege of Engineeringā;
Academynoun
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
Collegenoun
An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.
Academynoun
Academia.
Collegenoun
Attendance at an institution of higher education.
āThese should be his college years, but he joined the Army.ā;
Academynoun
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
Collegenoun
A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.
Academynoun
A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
Collegenoun
A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.
āPembroke College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford; University College, Londonā;
Academynoun
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.
Collegenoun
(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.
Academynoun
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.
Collegenoun
(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).
Academynoun
A place of training; a school.
Collegenoun
A high school or secondary school.
āEton Collegeā;
Academynoun
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
Collegenoun
(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.
Academynoun
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
Collegenoun
(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.
Academynoun
a secondary school (usually private)
Collegenoun
(in Chile) A bilingual school.
Academynoun
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
Collegenoun
A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.
āThe college of the cardinals.ā; āThen they made colleges of sufferers; persons who, to secure their inheritance in the world to come, did cut off all their portion in this.ā;
Academynoun
a school for special training
Collegenoun
A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges.
Academynoun
a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
Collegenoun
A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
Academynoun
a place of study or training in a special field
āa police academyā;
Collegenoun
Fig.: A community.
āThick as the college of the bees in May.ā;
Academynoun
a place of study
āhe was educated privately at academies in Margateā;
Collegenoun
the body of faculty and students of a college
Academynoun
(in England) an inner-city school which is funded by the government and sometimes also by a private individual or organization but is not controlled by the local authority.
Collegenoun
an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
Academynoun
a secondary school, in the US typically a private one
āMark left St Andrews Academy with five highers, and studied maths at Glasgow Universityā;
Collegenoun
British slang for prison
Academynoun
the teaching school founded by Plato.
Collegenoun
a complex of buildings in which a college is housed
Academynoun
a society or institution of distinguished scholars and artists or scientists that aims to promote and maintain standards in its particular field
āthe Royal Academy of Artsā;
College
A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a degree-awarding tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university, an institution offering vocational education, or a secondary school.
Academy
An academy (Attic Greek: į¼ĪŗĪ±Ī“ήμεια; Koine Greek į¼ĪŗĪ±Ī“ημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.