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# academy

«academy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a school or college, often one that trains people in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an academy, academies)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x1)
- Our school became an academy last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x2)
- She won a place at a ballet academy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x3)
- Plato taught at the Academy in Athens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x4)
- The Academy of Sciences gave her a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x5)
- The Royal Academy shows paintings in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x6)
- He wants to join the police academy when he grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/#x7)
- The film won three Academy Awards. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/12/)
- [English has no official academy; French has the Académie Française; dictionaries and style guides record how people write.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/20-is-there-one-proper-english/12/)
- [Only a tiny share of boys who join a football academy young become professionals; the figure often quoted is under 1 in 100.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «academy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/academy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.