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art
1[ ahrt ]
/ ɑrt /
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noun
Verb Phrases
art up, to improve the aesthetic quality of (something) through some form of art: This dress is so plain, it could use some arting up.I had an interior designer art up my apartment.
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Origin of art
1First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French, accusative of ars, from Latin ars (nominative), artem (accusative) “skill, craft, craftsmanship”
Words nearby art
arsphenamine, ars poetica, arsy, arsy-varsy, arsy-versy, art, artal, Artaud, Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes II, art deco
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Origin of art
2First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English eart, equivalent to ear- (see are1) + -t ending of 2nd person singular
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ART
Linguistics.
article: often used to represent the class of determiners, including words such as this, that, and some as well as the articles a, an, and the.
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art.
abbreviation
plural arts. article; articles.
artificial.
artillery.
artist.
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art1
/ (ɑːt) /
noun
See also arts
Word Origin for art
C13: from Old French, from Latin ars craftsmanship
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art2
/ (ɑːt) /
verb
archaic (used with the pronoun thou) a singular form of the present tense (indicative mood) of be 1
Word Origin for art
Old English eart, part of bēon to be
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ART
abbreviation for
assisted reproductive technology
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Other Idioms and Phrases with art
art
see fine art; state of the art.
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