name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
arts
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɑɹts/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːts/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ts
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 R T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
The humanities.
The study of languages and literature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
The humanities.
The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 5
The liberal arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 6
Acronym of action real-time strategy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 7
plural of ART
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 8
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the college of arts and sciences
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
Narrower terms: neoclassicism, classicism, classicalism, Romanticism, Romantic Movement, English, history, art history, chronology, fine arts, beaux arts, performing arts, Occidentalism, Orientalism, Oriental Studies, philosophy, literary study, library science, linguistics, philology, musicology, Sinology, stemmatology, stemmatics, trivium, quadrivium
History
Etymology
Variant spelling of Artz.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Thai: อักษรศาสตร์ (àk-sɔ̌ɔ-rá-sàat) — the study of languages and literature
- Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat) — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
- Thai: ศิลปศาสตร์ (sǐn-lá-bpà-sàat) — liberal arts