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art

UK/ɑːt/ US/ɑɹt/ very common

noun

1.

the products of human creativity; works of art collectively

  • “an art exhibition”
  • “a fine collection of art”
Synonyms
2.

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.

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

  • “the art of conversation”
  • “it”
4.

photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

  • “the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book”

Origin

From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”).

Phrases

  • 7th art
  • academic art
  • allied arts
  • anti-object art
  • applied arts
  • art and part
  • art block
  • art class

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