art
- Proper noun. A diminutive of the male given name Arthur.
- Noun. (uncountable) Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.(fact) .
- Noun. (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- Noun. (uncountable) Activity intended to make something special.
- Noun. (uncountable) A re-creation of reality according to the artist's metaphysical value judgements.
- Noun. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
- Noun. (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
- Noun. (context, uncountable) Artwork.
- Noun. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- Noun. (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
- Noun. (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- Verb. (archaic) Second-person singular simple present tense indicative of be.
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