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noun

academy

CEFR B1

a secondary school (usually private)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with academy, each labelled with its topic.

  • Two seniors from the academy signed with college programs, the first time the small school sent anyone to Division One.

    Basketball

  • Every pupil at the academy takes drawing until the final year, which is why so many leave sketching confidently.

    Art

  • The village has one bakery, one chapel, and a boarding academy that empties every July when families collect their children.

    Travel

  • The academy opened in 1778 with thirteen boys, and its early rules required Latin before breakfast and prayers after supper.

    History

  • The novel opens at a bleak northern academy, where the new pupil learns that the headmaster reads every letter home.

    Literature

  • The tennis academy schedules classes in the morning and four hours of court time after lunch for its teenage boarders.

    Fitness

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