An academy is a fancy school, often one devoted to one subject or discipline, such as music or science. You can also use academy to describe the world of higher learning.
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.
Noun
a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
Noun
a school for special training
Noun
a secondary school (usually private)
Noun
an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
A place of training; a school.
n.
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.
n.
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.
Academy
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.
Usage Examples
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.
The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast I can't remember what I said or what happened.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me for admiring the charm of your people and the beauty of your country.
There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.
Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film.
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.
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Other Usage ExamplesAn Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.
The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.
It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.
We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better.
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