acad.
acad. is the abbreviation of academy.
acad. is the abbreviation of academic.
Meaning of academy
Noun
academy (plural academies)
- An 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 figures1760–5, Tobias Smollett, The history of England from the revolution in 1688, to the death of George II, published 1805, page 449
- 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
- Synonyms:
- learned society
- Academia.
- In the academy and outside of it, the privileging of technical expertise above other forms of knowledge is a political gesture, and one that has proved highly effective in neutralizing critique of established power relations.2016, Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A Political History of Digital Humanities
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
Meaning of academic
Adjective
academic (comparative more academic, superlative most academic)
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
- the academic sect or philosophy
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- But unhappily, by too short a view of things, you have been apt to mistake the completion of your academic courses for the completion of your theologic studies: and then, by a false modesty, have despaired of knowing more than you would suffer those august places of your education to teach you.1761, William Warburton, A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester; republished as The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D. D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, volume 9, 1811, page...
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Programs of work should provide students the opportunities to demonstrate both academic and vocational competence attainment.1991, Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, Accountability Report, and ... State Plan for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education in Wisconsin, page 16
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- I’m more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.
- Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Noun capitalized: Acad.
Acad.
- Abbreviation of academy.
Forms of acad.
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Questions about acad.
- What is acad. the abbreviation of?
- Acad. is the abbreviation of academy.
- What part of speech is acad.?
- Acad. is a noun.
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