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academia

ac·a·de·mi·a
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ak-uh-dee-mee-uh, -deem-yuh, -dem-ee-uh, -dem-yuh]
    • /ˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim yə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm yə/
    • /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ak-uh-dee-mee-uh, -deem-yuh, -dem-ee-uh, -dem-yuh]
    • /ˌæk əˈdi mi ə, -ˈdim yə, -ˈdɛm i ə, -ˈdɛm yə/

Definitions of academia word

  • uncountable noun academia Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work. 3
  • noun academia the academic world 3
  • noun academia the academic world; academe 3
  • noun academia (sometimes initial capital letter) the milieu or interests of a university, college, or academy; academe. 1
  • noun academia The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship. 1
  • noun academia academic environment 1

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Origin of academia

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
1945-50; < New Latin, L. See academy

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Parts of speech for Academia

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

academia popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for academia

noun academia

  • school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
  • college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
  • academe — The academic world of universities is sometimes referred to as academe.
  • university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
  • ivory tower — a place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower.

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