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• plural of art.

arts

British  

/ ɑːts /

plural noun

1. 1. imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp as studied academically

   2. ( as modifier )

      an arts degree

2. See fine art

3. cunning or crafty actions or plots; schemes

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Explanation

The arts are subjects that you study in school which have some artistic or social aspect, rather than being purely practical or job-related. If you major in English and minor in music, you're studying the arts. University subjects and separate colleges — and often even the degrees they award — are sometimes divided into arts and sciences. The arts include things like dance and photography, but also subjects such as Latin or religion. Sciences include, obviously, science, but also more professional and occupational studies. The root of arts is the Latin ars, "art."

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My earliest product ideas, dreamed up more than 60 years ago, fused physics and the culinary arts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But that’s never the case, at least not in the arts.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

The social sciences show Thinking Allowed will also be cut along with arts and ideas programme Free Thinking, as the corporation seeks £500m savings.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

—Jed Bernstein, who runs a performing arts nonprofit in Aspen, on a renovation that will move the city’s airport runway by 80 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Is Integrative: Provides excellent opportunities for integration as a natural entry or pivot point to other subject areas such as social studies, history, literature, language, and all of the arts.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin