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PLATO'S ACADEMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plato's Academy mean?
• PLATO'S ACADEMY (noun)
The noun PLATO'S ACADEMY has 1 sense:
1. a school established by Plato in ancient Athens
Familiarity information: PLATO'S ACADEMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school established by Plato in ancient Athens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
Plato's Academy continued for several hundred years after Plato died
Hypernyms ("Plato's Academy" is a kind of...):
academy (a school for special training)
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