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academe

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ac·a·deme  (k-dm)
n.
1.
a. The academic environment, community, or world.
b. Academic life.
2. A place in which instruction is given to students.
3. A scholar, especially a pedant.

[From Latin Acadma, the Academy; see academy.]

academe [ˈækəˌdiːm]
n Literary
1. (Social Science / Education) any place of learning, such as a college or university
(Social Science / Education)
the grove(s) of Academe the academic world
[first used by Shakespeare in Love's Labour's Lost (1594); see academy]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.academe - the academic worldacademe - the academic world                  
world, domain - people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
college - the body of faculty and students of a college
university - the body of faculty and students at a university
tenure - give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book"
Translations
academe [ˈækədiːm] academia [ˌækəˈdiːmɪə] N (liter) → mundo m académico
academe [ˈækədiːm] nmonde m universitaire
academe
n (form)die akademische Welt; the groves pl of academedie akademischen Gefilde pl (form)


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See there the olive-grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There, flowery hill, Hymettus, with the sound Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing; there Ilissus rowls His whispering stream.
 
 
 
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