Definition of 'art'
Word forms: plural arts
1. uncountable noun
2. uncountable noun
Art is the activity or educational subject that consists of creating paintings, sculptures, and other pictures or objects
for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
3. variable noun
4. plural noun [oft NOUN noun]
At a university or college, arts are subjects such as history, literature, or languages in contrast to scientific subjects.
5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
6. countable noun
7.
8. See also Bachelor of Arts, fine art, martial art, Master of Arts, state-of-the-art, work of art
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art in British English 1
noun
1.
a.
b.
(as modifier)
an art movement
2.
the exercise of human skill (as distinguished from nature)
3.
4.
a.
5.
6.
any branch of the visual arts, esp painting
8.
a.
any field using the techniques of art to display artistic qualities
advertising art
b.
(as modifier)
an art film
11.
the system of rules or principles governing a particular human activity
the art of government
12.
artfulness; cunning
13. See get something down to a fine art
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Word origin
C13: from Old French, from Latin ars craftsmanship
Word Frequency
art in British English 2
verb
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Word origin
Old English eart, part of bēon to beWord Frequency
ART in British English
abbreviation for
assisted reproductive technology
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-art in British English
suffix forming nouns
a variant of -ard
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-art in American English
braggart
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Word Frequency
art in American English 1
(ɑːrt)
noun
1.
2.
the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings
a museum of art
an art collection
5.
any field using the skills or techniques of art
advertising art
industrial art
6. (in printed matter)
illustrative or decorative material
Is there any art with the copy for this story?
7.
the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning
the art of baking
the art of selling
8.
the craft or trade using these principles or methods
9.
skill in conducting any human activity
a master at the art of conversation
10.
a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature
11. See arts
12.
skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature
14.
studied action; artificiality in behavior
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Word origin
[1175–1225; ME ‹ OF, acc. of ars ‹ L ars (nom.), artem (acc.)]Word Frequency
art in American English 2
(ɑːrt)
verb
archaic 2nd pers. sing. pres. indic. of be
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Word Frequency
Art in American English
(ɑːrt)
noun
a male given name, form of Arthur
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ART in American English
abbreviation
Linguistics
article: often used to represent the class of determiners, including words such as this, that, and some as well as the articles a, an, and the
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Word Frequency
-art in American English
suffix
var. of -ard
braggart
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Quotations
All art constantly aspires towards the condition of musicStudies in the History of the Renaissance
Art is a lie that makes us realise the truth
In art the best is good enoughItalienische Reise
Life is short, the art longAphorisms
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visibleInward Vision
Art is...pattern informed by sensibilityThe Meaning of Art
We must have ... art for art's sake ... the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itselfSorbonne lecture, 1818
It's clever, but is it Art?The Conundrum of the Workshops
Art is meant to disturb. Science reassuresPensées sur l'art
a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered
Formerly, painting and sculpture were combined in the same work; the ancients painted
their statues. The only present alliance between the two arts is that the modern painter chisels his patronsThe Devil's Dictionary
True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translationPonkapog Papers
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art
British English: art
/ɑːt/ NOUN
Art is paintings, drawings, and sculpture which are beautiful or which express an artist's ideas.
...contemporary art.
- American English: art /ˈɑrt/
- Arabic: فَنّ مهارة
- Brazilian Portuguese: arte
- Chinese: 艺术
- Croatian: umjetnost
- Czech: umění
- Danish: kunst
- Dutch: kunst
- European Spanish: arte
- Finnish: taide
- French: art
- German: Kunst
- Greek: τέχνη
- Italian: arte
- Japanese: 美術
- Korean: 예술
- Norwegian: kunst
- Polish: sztuka dziedzina
- European Portuguese: arte
- Romanian: artă
- Russian: искусство
- Latin American Spanish: arte
- Swedish: konst
- Thai: ศิลปะ
- Turkish: sanat
- Ukrainian: мистецтво
- Vietnamese: nghệ thuật
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