art

noun10

1. •
   the making of pictures, music and other things that are beautiful or touch the feelings

   • There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
2. •
   The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
3. •
   Artwork.

   • Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
4. •
   Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.

   • She's mastered the art of programming.
5. •
   Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.

   • A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art. — 1796
6. •
   A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.

   • I'm a great supporter of the arts.
7. •
   The study and the product of these processes.

   • He's at university to study art.
8. •
   Aesthetic value.

   • Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
9. •
   (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
10. •
    (old-fashioned) Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

    • it was not art, Of wisdom and of justice when he spoke— When ’mid soft looks of pity, there would dart A glance as keen as is the lightning’s stroke When it doth rive the knots of some ancestral oak. — 1817

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of article.

noun9

1. •
   Abbreviation of antiretroviral therapy.
2. •
   Abbreviation of assisted reproductive technology.
3. •
   Abbreviation of Androgen Replacement Therapy.
4. •
   Abbreviation of Active Release Technique.
5. •
   Abbreviation of Adaptive resonance theory.
6. •
   Abbreviation of Algebraic Reconstruction Technique.
7. •
   Abbreviation of Alternative Risk Transfer.
8. •
   Abbreviation of acoustic resonance technology.
9. •
   Abbreviation of Achilles tendon reflex time.