artnoun
uk/ɑːt/us/ɑːrt/art noun (EXPRESSION)
A2 [ U ] the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings:
A2 [ U ] the activity of painting, drawing, and making sculpture:
A2 [ U ] paintings, drawings, and sculptures:
B2 [ C ] an activity through which people express particular ideas:
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- Most people on the board of governors have an arts degree.
- The government announced today that it is to cut funding for the arts for next year.
- He was accomplished in all the arts.
- He wanted science students to take an interest in the arts, and to this end he ran literature classes at his home on Sunday afternoons.
- She was recently appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts at my university.
the making or showing or performance of painting, acting, dancing, and music:
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- I know enough about art to recognize a masterpiece when I see one.
- We went to a lecture on Italian art.
- He gave a talk on the representation of women in 19th-century art.
- He's an expert on 15th-century Italian art.
- He is skilled in the art of public debate.
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The visual arts in general
- artist
- artistic
- fine art
- folk
- graphic
- graphic design
- mixed media
- objet d'art
- oeuvre
- opus
- original
- pictorial
- piece
- the visual arts
- treasure
- vernacular
- work
- work of art
art noun (NOT SCIENCE)
subjects, such as history, languages, and literature, that are not scientific subjects:
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Subjects & disciplines
- -ics
- andragogy
- AP
- applied
- biology
- bioscience
- civics
- discipline
- food technology
- hard science
- home economics
- humanity
- mathematics
- modern languages
- physical sciences
- psych
- psychology
- pure
- science
- scientific
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art noun (SKILL)
C1 [ C ] a skill or special ability:
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Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- capability
- command
- dash
- ear
- expertise
- facility
- faculty
- finesse
- flair
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
- qualification
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artverb
uk/ɑːt//ɑːrt/old usein the past, the second person singular of the present tense of "be":
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- aspect
- began
- bent
- conjugate
- ditransitive
- ED
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- perfect participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the third person
- wast
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