ART
\ˈɑːt], \ˈɑːt], \ˈɑː_t]\
Definitions of ART
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
By Princeton University
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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"
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the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
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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.
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Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
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Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
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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.
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Skillful plan; device.
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The black art; magic.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
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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.
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Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
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Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
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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.
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Skillful plan; device.
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The black art; magic.
By Noah Webster.
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The use of means to the accomplishment of some end; music, painting, sculpture, or literature, or the practice of one of them; practical skill; knack; cunning.
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Second pers. pres. indic. sing. of the verb be: used only in solemn or poetic style.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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2d pers. sing. Of the present tense of the verb to be.
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Practical skill guided by rules: the rules and methods of doing certain actions: a profession or trade: contrivance: skill: cunning: artifice.
By Daniel Lyons
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2d pers. sing. pres. tense of the verb to be.
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Skill guided by rules; rules and method of doing; skill; cunning; a trade.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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2d per. sing. pres. ind. of BE, v.
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Skill in some practical work; dexterity; facility; a system of rules; as, the industrial or mechanical arts.
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The embodiment of beautiful thought in artistic forms; also, the works thus produced, collectively; as, the esthetic or fine arts; also, artistic skill.
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Craft; cunning.
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An organized body of trained craftsmen; a gild.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The employment of means to the accomplishment of some end, directed by knowledge and skill; a system of rules directive of the skill in the attainment of a certain end; the practice of a system directed to the production of a work of art, generally of fine art; practical skill; dexterity; cunning. See Arts. Art and part, the contriving and partaking in a criminal art, said to be an abridgment of artifex particeps.
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The second person singular, indicative mood, present tense, of the verb to be.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The 2d sing. of the pres. tense of am.
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Anything done by human skill-the opposite of nature; knowledge applied to the uses of everyday life-the opposite of science; a trade; skill; cunning.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin, Greek] Employment of means to accomplish some desired end; application of knowledge, power, rules, or laws, to practical purposes–power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study or observation; –cunning; artifice.
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