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art > 4 senses
NOUN1art, fine artThe products of human creativity
2art, artistic creation, artistic productionThe creation of beautiful or significant things
3art, artistry, prowessA superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
4art, artwork, graphics, nontextual matterPhotographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
art > pronunciation
Soundsaa'rt
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art > noun 1, artifact
MeaningThe products of human creativity. Works of art collectively.
Examples"an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
Synonymsfine art
Categoryart, artistic creation, artistic production
Narrowerartificial flower; commercial art; cyberart; decoupage; diptych; gem, treasure; genre; graphic art; grotesque; kitsch; mosaic; plastic art; triptych; work of art; dance
Broadercreation
art > noun 2, act
MeaningThe creation of beautiful or significant things.
Examples"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"
Synonymsartistic creation, artistic production
Category ofpopular, pop; cathartic, releasing; Moderne; formalistic, formalized, formalised; Americana; art, fine art; ground; talaria; vocabulary; aesthetics, esthetics; film, cinema, celluloid; expressive style, style; ensemble, tout ensemble; exhibition, exposition, expo; appraiser, authenticator; theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser; tension; stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums; longueur; finger-paint; fresco; distemper; illuminate; miniate, rubricate; emblazon, blazon; sculpt, sculpture; paint; paint; repaint; charge; represent, interpret; picture, depict, render, show; illustrate; stylize, stylise, conventionalize; portray, depict, limn; portray, present; draw; charcoal; cartoon; shade, fill in; stipple; watercolour, watercolor; miniate; model, mold, mould; sketch, chalk out; lithograph; silkscreen; stencil; engrave; stipple; etch; aquatint; model, pose, sit, posture; deaccession
Narrowerarts and crafts; ceramics; decal, decalcomania; decoupage; drawing, draftsmanship, drafting; glyptography; gastronomy; origami; painting; perfumery; printmaking; sculpture, carving; topiary
Broadercreation, creative activity
art > noun 3, cognition
MeaningA superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation.
Examples"the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
Synonymsartistry, prowess
Narroweraviation, airmanship; eristic; falconry; fortification; homiletics; horology; minstrelsy; musicianship; enology, oenology; puppetry; taxidermy; ventriloquism, ventriloquy
Broadersuperior skill
art > noun 4, communication
MeaningPhotographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.
Examples"the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"
Synonymsartwork, graphics, nontextual matter
Part ofpublication
Narrowerillustration; drawing
Broadervisual communication

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