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 Definitions of ART  [ɑrt]  

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Definition of 'ART' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) art
the quality, production, expression, or realm of what is beautiful or of more than ordinary significance.

2.  art
the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings.

3.  art
a field or category of art:
Dance is an art.

4.  art
the fine arts collectively.

5.  art
any field using the skills or techniques of art:
industrial art.

6.  art
(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material.

7.  art
the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning:
the art of baking.

8.  art
the craft or trade using these principles or methods.

9.  art
skill in conducting any human activity:
the art of conversation.

10.  art
a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.

11.  art
arts,

12.  art
(used with a sing. v.) the humanities.

13.  art
(used with a pl. v.)

14.  art
skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.

15.  art
trickery; cunning.

16.  art
studied action; artificiality in behavior.

17.  art
an artifice or artful device:
the arts of politics.

18.  art
Archaic. science; learning.

Etymology:  (bef. 950; ME; OE eart=ear- (see are1) +-t ending of 2nd pers. sing.)

Definition of 'ART' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) art, fine art
the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
"an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"

2. (noun) art, artistic creation, artistic production
the creation of beautiful or significant things
"art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

3. (noun) art, artistry, prowess
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
"the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

4. (noun) artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
"the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"


Definition of 'ART' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) art
painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.
an art gallery; famous works of art; He's very good at art.

2.  art
an ability that needs skill
the art of story-telling


Definition of 'ART' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ART
the employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes

2. (noun) ART
a system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation

3. (noun) ART
the systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill

4. (noun) ART
the application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature

5. (noun) ART
those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts

6. (noun) ART
learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters

7. (noun) ART
skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage

8. (noun) ART
skillful plan; device

9. (noun) ART
cunning; artifice; craft

10. (noun) ART
the black art; magic

11.  ART
the second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style


Definitions of 'ART' The Roycroft Dictionary 

ART
1. The vengeance of the Ideal on the Real.

2. Anything done by a man or a woman on paper, canvas, marble or a musical keyboard that people pretend to understand, and sometimes buy.

3. The antithesis of whatever becomes popular in the cultured world.

4. To cast out the dragons of virtue and hypocrisy by committing some imaginary sin and telling the world about it.

5. The beautiful way of doing things.

6. The expression of a man's joy in his work.

7. A matter of hair-cut and neckties.

8. The uplifting of the beautiful so that all may see and enjoy.

9. The utilization of love's exhaust. 10. Love's by-product.


Translation of 'ART' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: painting and sculpture
I'm studying art at school; Do you like modern art?; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kuns Arabic flag Arabic: فَن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изкуство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: arte Czech flag Czech: umění (výtvarné); uměleck German flag German: die Kunst
Danish flag Danish: kunst Greek flag Greek: τέχνη Spanish flag Spanish: arte
Estonian flag Estonian: (kujutav) kunst Farsi flag Farsi: هنر Finnish flag Finnish: maalaus ja kuvanveisto
French flag French: art(s), beaux-arts Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֳמָנוּת Hindi flag Hindi: कला
Croatian flag Croatian: umjetnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: művészet Indonesian flag Indonesian: seni
Icelandic flag Icelandic: list Italian flag Italian: arte Japanese flag Japanese: 美術
Korean flag Korean: 미술 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: menas Latvian flag Latvian: māksla; mākslas-
Malay flag Malay: seni Dutch flag Dutch: kunst Norwegian flag Norwegian: kunst(fag), forming
Polish flag Polish: sztuka Persian flag Persian: هنر Pashto flag Pashto: هنر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: arte Romanian flag Romanian: (de) artă (plastică) Russian flag Russian: искусство
Slovak flag Slovak: výtvarné umenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: (likovna) umetnost Serbian flag Serbian: umetnost
Swedish flag Swedish: konst Thai flag Thai: ศิลปะ Turkish flag Turkish: sanat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 美術 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мистецтво Urdu flag Urdu: فن کاری ، مصوری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mỹ thuật Chinese flag Chinese: 美术

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