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Noun academy has 4 senses

academy - a secondary school (usually private)
--₁ is a kind of secondary school, lyceum, lycee, Gymnasium, middle school

academy, honorary society - an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
--₂ is a kind of institution, establishment
--₂ has members: academician
--₂ has particulars:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; French Academy; National Academy of Sciences; Royal Academy, Royal Academy of Arts; Royal Society, Royal Society of London for Improving Natual Knowledge

academy - a school for special training
--₃ is a kind of school
--₃ has particulars:
yeshiva, yeshivah; police academy; military academy; naval academy; air force academy; Plato's Academy
academy - a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
--₄ is a kind of establishment