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arts

art
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahrt]
    • /ɑrt/
    • /ɑːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahrt]
    • /ɑrt/

Definitions of arts word

  • noun plural arts cunning or crafty actions or plots; schemes 3
  • noun arts a male given name, form of Arthur. 1
  • noun arts Plural form of art. 1
  • noun arts plural of art. 0
  • noun arts the humanities. 0
  • noun arts liberal arts. 0

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Origin of arts

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old French, accusative of ars < Latin ars (nominative), artem (accusative) ‘skill, craft, craftsmanship’

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Parts of speech for Arts

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

arts popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

arts usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for arts

noun arts

  • beaux arts — noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, popularly associated with the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, that prevailed in France in the late 19th century and that was adopted in the U.S. and elsewhere c1900, characterized by the free and eclectic use and adaptation of French architectural features of the 16th through 18th centuries combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect, and also by the use of symmetrical plans preferably allowing vast amounts of interior space.
  • graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
  • photography — the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.
  • belles-lettres — literary works, esp essays and poetry, valued for their aesthetic rather than their informative or moral content
  • visual arts — painting, sculpture, cinema, etc.

Antonyms for arts

noun arts

  • wants — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.

Top questions with arts

  • what is arts?
  • what is liberal arts?

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