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How to pronounce academy
Say it like this: /əˈkæd.ə.mi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does academy mean?
nounAn institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
“The artists of London had long maintained a private academy for improvement in the art of drawing from living figures”
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
“the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music; a music academy; a language academy”
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
“the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology”
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