Associations to the word «Academe»

Wiktionary

ACADEME, noun. (historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
ACADEME, noun. (poetic) An academy; a place of learning. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
ACADEME, noun. (poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
ACADEME, noun. A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
ACADEME, noun. Alternative spelling of academe

Dictionary definition

ACADEME, noun. The academic world.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King