Academy

Definitions: Academy

Academy

Noun

1. A secondary school (usually private).

2. An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature.

3. A school for special training.

4. A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "academy" was first used: 1474. (references)

Satire

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Slang in 1811

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Synonym: Academy

School

Noun: school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum; institute, institution; palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar.

Day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory.

Thought

Abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study; (inattention); reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch.

Crosswords: Academy

I'd like to thank the Academy (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Years of Academy training wasted! (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

College and the Police Academy movies. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

You will be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost-certain Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor. (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

You people, uh, who just tuned in at home, this is the Academy Awards. (The 56th Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Arthur C. Clarke; Peter Hyams)

Voodoo Academy (2000)

The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974)

Academy Awards Shorts Program (1971)

The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)

Academy Leader (1965)

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References

• California Culinary Academy, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• WASEDA ACADEMY Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (reference)

• A Box of Unfortunate Events: The Situation Worsens (Books 4-6: The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator) [BOX SET] (reference)

• A Library of Unfortunate Events (Books 1-9: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival) [Shrink Wrapped] (reference)

• Cisco Networking Academy Program: Second-Year Companion Guide (2nd Edition) (reference)

• The American Academy of Pediatrics New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding (reference)

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Periodicals

• Academy Alert - Pensions & Employee Benefits (reference)

• Academy Alert - Property And Liability Insurance Issues (reference)

• Academy Awards Handbook (reference)

• Academy Forum (reference)

• Academy News (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Voodoo Academy (reference)

• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (reference)

• Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (reference)

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Music

• Chariots Of Fire: Academy Award, Best Original Score 1981 [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

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High Tech

• X-Men - Mutant Academy (reference)

• X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (reference)

• Jr. Space Academy (reference)

• Science Academy Deluxe 6 in 1 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• SALTER HOUSEWARES 200B Academy Series Scale: Black (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Served on Coast Survey under both Ferdinand Hassler and Alexander Bache Intellectual, helped found National Academy of Sciences Brother-in-law of Benjamin Peirce.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hosack Hall, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Main entrance, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Window, Hosack Hall, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Rare Book Room, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Library Reading Room, New York Academy of Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U.S. Military Academy, West Point. : Exterior view- Nurses Quarters.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Donald Fredrickson visits the USSR Academy of Sciences].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The subject of vaccination discussed before a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences] / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Theodore Woodward, M. D. : Professor of Surgery in the Vermont Academy of Medicine. / Painted by W. Dunlap. Litho. of Endicott.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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The French Academy gave as a prize theme, (r)The happiness which Study procures . M. Bellart was eloquent, officially.

When they passed through the passage beside the royal Irish academy they found many students sheltering under the arcade of the library.

I was received very kindly by the Warden, and went for many days to the Academy.

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Health

American Academy of OphthalmologyP. (references)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics. (references)

In general, the answer by the American Academy of Pediatrics is that treatment is not necessary. (references)

Business

The World Bank has a cooperation project with the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences on the research of environmental protection, and with the Beijing Automobile Research Institute and the Guangzhou Environment Monitoring Center on the development of vehicle emissions control technologies. (references)

According to Mr. Xuhui Feng, assistant to the president of Chinese Academy of Sciences Software (CASS) International, research on embedded operation systems began six years ago, and this system can be used in the set-top box, cell-phone, and hand PC. The embedded operation system (Set-Top Box Solution) has become the important part on the set-top box production. (references)

CDMA2000 developed by U.S. firms offers a smoother migration passage to 3G. TD-SCDMA developed by the Chinese Academy of Telecommunications Technologies (CATT) claims to be cost effective to migrate from the 2G GSM system to 3G. Although China has not yet decided what technology it will adopt for the 3G wireless telecommunication network, MII has revealed great enthusiasm in CDMA technology on various occasions. (references)

Children

Honduras

Casa Alianza continues to train police recruits at the National Police Academy in La Paz department. (references)

Civil Liberties

Poland

The Border Guard Academy includes significant training on the handling of potential refugees. (references)

Slovak Republic

The book has been criticized widely by religious groups and the Slovak Academy of Sciences for gross inaccuracies and distortions, particularly in its portrayal of wartime Slovakia and the deportation of Jews and Roma. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

The new agency took over the duties of the abolished Tax Police Committee and the Tax Police Academy that were under the Ministry of State Revenues. (references)

Botswana

The Governments of Botswana and the United States entered into an agreement in July 2000 to establish an International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone. (references)

China

Much of China's top scientific talent is not in universities but in a government bureaucracy (the Chinese Academy of Sciences) modeled after the USSR Academy of Sciences. (references)

Human Rights

Liberia

In August unknown persons killed the Chief Financial Officer of the Police Training Academy outside of Monrovia. (references)

Haiti

On July 28, approximately six unknown gunmen dressed in FAd'H uniforms entered the National Police Academy in Petionville. (references)

Mexico

Maldonado Vega, who also served previously as director of the Federal District Police Academy, was linked to the Juarez Cartel. (references)

Minorities

Yemen

Persons who seek employment at Sana'a University or admission to the military academy by law must demonstrate that they have two citizen parents. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In October the Federation Police Academy graduated its seventh multiethnic class and in November the RS Police Academy graduated its fourth multiethnic class. (references)

Bulgaria

To address the serious underrepresentation of ethnic Turks and Roma in the ranks of the police agencies, the new Interior Ministry has reserved 20 to 30 places in the police academy for minority candidates. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

A local pharmaceutical firm filed a court case in October 2001 charging that the Ministry of Health and the Academy of Scientific Research acted illegally in granting Eli Lilly exclusive marketing rights in August 2001 for its schizophrenia drug. (references)

East Timor

In July 2000, the first group of 50 East Timorese cadets graduated from the Police Academy and began working alongside CIVPOL, augmented by a police assistance group comprised of East Timorese who formerly were part of the Indonesian police forces. (references)

Women

Venezuela

As of August, 56 women were in training at the Army's military academy. (references)

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