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noun
1.
the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2.
the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. See fine art, commercial art.
3.
a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
4.
the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
5.
any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
6.
a branch of learning or university study, especially one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature: She was adept at the arts of music and painting; I've always felt an affinity towards the visual arts, though I studied art of philosophy.
7.
arts.
a.
( used with a singular verb ) the humanities, as distinguished from the sciences and technical fields: a college of arts and sciences.
b.
8.
skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation; From my mother, I learned the art of perfectly cooked pasta. Synonyms: knack, facility, technical skill, skillfulness, know-how.
9.
a.
the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling. Synonyms: craft, technique, skill; procedure, method, way; fine points, subtleties.
b.
See also term of art. the craft, trade, or profession using these principles or methods.
10.
skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
11.
trickery; cunning: glib and devious art. Synonyms: craftiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, artfulness, intrigue, machination, scheming.
12.
studied action; artificiality in behavior. Synonyms: deceit, deception, duplicity, imposture, falsehood. Antonyms: frankness, candor, openness, artlessness, ingenuousness, sincerity; truthfulness, honesty.
13.
an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics. Synonyms: contrivance, scheme, trick, tactic, stratagem, maneuver; subterfuge, ruse, dodge, feint, wile.
14.
(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?
15.
Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.
16.
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:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, accusative of ars < Latin ars (nominative), artem (accusative) ‘skill, craft, craftsmanship’
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, accusative of ars < Latin ars (nominative), artem (accusative) ‘skill, craft, craftsmanship’
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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.
-art
variant of -ard: braggart.
art.
be
[bee; unstressed bee, bi] verb and auxiliary verb, present singular 1st person am, 2nd are or ( Archaic ) art, 3rd is, present plural are; past singular 1st person was, 2nd were or ( Archaic ) wast or wert, 3rd was, past plural were; present subjunctive be; past subjunctive singular 1st person were, 2nd were or ( Archaic ) wert, 3rd were; past subjunctive plural were; past participle been; present participle be·ing. verb (used without object)
1.
to exist or live: Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question.
2.
to take place; happen; occur: The wedding was last week.
3.
to occupy a place or position: The book is on the table.
4.
to continue or remain as before: Let things be.
5.
to belong; attend; befall: May good fortune be with you.
6.
(used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject): Martha is tall. John is president. This is she.
7.
(used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences): Is that right? Be quiet! Don't be facetious.
auxiliary verb
8.
(used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense): I am waiting.
9.
(used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action): She is visiting there next week. He is to see me today.
10.
(used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice): The date was fixed. It must be done.
11.
(used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense): He is come. Agamemnon to the wars is gone.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English been, Old English bēon (bēo- (akin to Old Frisian, Old High German bim, German bin, Old Saxon bium, biom (I) am, Old English, Old High German, Old Saxon būan, Old Norse būa reside, Latin fuī (I) have been, Greek phy- grow, become, Old Irish boí (he) was, Sanskrit bhávati (he) becomes, is, Lithuanian búti to be, OCS byti, Persian būd was)) + -n infinitive suffix. See am, is, are1, was, were
before 900; Middle English been, Old English bēon (bēo- (akin to Old Frisian, Old High German bim, German bin, Old Saxon bium, biom (I) am, Old English, Old High German, Old Saxon būan, Old Norse būa reside, Latin fuī (I) have been, Greek phy- grow, become, Old Irish boí (he) was, Sanskrit bhávati (he) becomes, is, Lithuanian búti to be, OCS byti, Persian būd was)) + -n infinitive suffix. See am, is, are1, was, were
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| -ard or -art | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality: braggart; drunkard; dullard | |
| [via Old French from Germanic -hard (literally: hardy, bold), the final element in many Germanic masculine names, such as Bernhard Bernard, Gerhart Gerard, etc] | |
| -art or -art | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| [via Old French from Germanic -hard (literally: hardy, bold), the final element in many Germanic masculine names, such as Bernhard Bernard, Gerhart Gerard, etc] | |
art1 (ɑːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the creation of works of beauty or other special significance |
| b. (as modifier): an art movement | |
| 2. | the exercise of human skill (as distinguished from nature) |
| 3. | imaginative skill as applied to representations of the natural world or figments of the imagination |
| 4. | a. the products of man's creative activities; works of art collectively, esp of the visual arts, sometimes also music, drama, dance, and literature |
| b. arts See also fine art (as modifier): an art gallery | |
| 5. | excellence or aesthetic merit of conception or execution as exemplified by such works |
| 6. | any branch of the visual arts, esp painting |
| 7. | (modifier) intended to be artistic or decorative: art needlework |
| 8. | a. any field using the techniques of art to display artistic qualities: advertising art |
| b. (as modifier): an art film | |
| 9. | journalism photographs or other illustrations in a newspaper, etc |
| 10. | method, facility, or knack: the art of threading a needle; the art of writing letters |
| 11. | the system of rules or principles governing a particular human activity: the art of government |
| 12. | artfulness; cunning |
| 13. | get something down to a fine art to become highly proficient at something through practice |
| [C13: from Old French, from Latin ars craftsmanship] | |
| art2 (ɑːt) | |
| —vb | |
| archaic ( | |
| [Old English eart, part of bēon to | |
| ART | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| assisted reproductive technology | |
| -art | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| a variant of -ard | |
| be1 (biː, (unstressed) bɪ) | |
| —vb , pres. sing. 1st pers 2nd pers 3rd pers pres. pl past sing 1st pers 2nd pers 3rd pers past pl pres. part past part am, are, is, are, was, were, was, were, being, been | |
| 1. | to have presence in the realm of perceived reality; exist; live: I think, therefore I am; not all that is can be understood |
| 2. | (used in the perfect or past perfect tenses only) to pay a visit; go: have you been to Spain? |
| 3. | to take place; occur: my birthday was last Thursday |
| 4. | (copula) used as a linking verb between the subject of a sentence and its noun or adjective complement or complementing phrase. In this case be expresses the relationship of either essential or incidental equivalence or identity (John is a man; John is a musician) or specifies an essential or incidental attribute (honey is sweet; Susan is angry). It is also used with an adverbial complement to indicate a relationship of location in space or time (Bill is at the office; the dance is on Saturday) |
| 5. | (takes a present participle) forms the progressive present tense: the man is running |
| 6. | (takes a past participle) forms the passive voice of all transitive verbs and (archaically) certain intransitive ones: a good film is being shown on television tonight; I am done |
| 7. | (takes an infinitive) expresses intention, expectation, supposition, or obligation: the president is to arrive at 9.30; you are not to leave before I say so |
| 8. | (takes a past participle) forms the perfect or past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs of motion, such as go or come: the last train is gone |
| 9. | be that as it may the facts concerning (something) are of no importance |
| [Old English bēon; related to Old High German bim am, Latin fui I have been, Greek phuein to bring forth, Sanskrit bhavati he is] | |
| be2 | |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| Belgium | |
| Be | |
| —the chemical symbol for | |
| beryllium | |
| Bé | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Baumé | |
| BE | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | bill of exchange |
| 2. | (in the US) Board of Education |
| 3. | Bachelor of Education |
| 4. | Bachelor of Engineering |
| B/E, BE or b.e. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| bill of exchange | |
| BE, BE or b.e. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| b.e., BE or b.e. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
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Word Origin & History
be
O.E. beon, beom, bion "be, exist, come to be, become," from P.Gmc. *beo-, *beu-. This "b-root" is from PIE base *bheu-, *bhu- "grow, come into being, become," and in addition to the words in English it yielded German present first and second person sing. (bin, bist, from O.H.G. bim "I am," bist "thou
art"), L. perf. tenses of esse (fui "I was," etc.), O.C.S. byti "be," Gk. phu- "become," O.Ir. bi'u "I am," Lith. bu'ti "to be," Rus. byt' "to be," etc. It also is behind Skt. bhavah "becoming," bhavati "becomes, happens," bhumih "earth, world."
The modern verb in its entirety represents the merger of two once-distinct verbs, the "b-root" represented by be and the am/was verb, which was itself a conglomerate. Roger Lass ("Old English") describes the verb as "a collection of semantically related paradigm fragments," while Weekley calls it "an accidental conglomeration from the different Old English dial[ect]s." It is the most irregular verb in Mod.E. and the most common. Collective in all Germanic languages, it has eight different forms in Modern English:
BE (infinitive, subjunctive, imperative)
AM (present 1st person singular)
ARE (present 2nd person singular and all plural)
IS (present 3rd person singular)
WAS (past 1st and 3rd persons singular)
WERE (past 2nd person singular, all plural; subjunctive)
BEING (progressive & present participle; gerund)
BEEN (perfect participle).
The paradigm in O.E. was:
The "b-root" had no past tense in O.E., but often served as future tense of am/was. In 13c. it took the place of the infinitive, participle and imperative forms of am/was. Later its plural forms (we beth, ye ben, they be) became standard in M.E. and it made inroads into the singular (I be, thou beest, he beth), but forms of are claimed this turf in the 1500s and replaced be in the plural. For the origin and evolution of the am/was branches of this tangle, see am and was.
The modern verb in its entirety represents the merger of two once-distinct verbs, the "b-root" represented by be and the am/was verb, which was itself a conglomerate. Roger Lass ("Old English") describes the verb as "a collection of semantically related paradigm fragments," while Weekley calls it "an accidental conglomeration from the different Old English dial[ect]s." It is the most irregular verb in Mod.E. and the most common. Collective in all Germanic languages, it has eight different forms in Modern English:
BE (infinitive, subjunctive, imperative)
AM (present 1st person singular)
ARE (present 2nd person singular and all plural)
IS (present 3rd person singular)
WAS (past 1st and 3rd persons singular)
WERE (past 2nd person singular, all plural; subjunctive)
BEING (progressive & present participle; gerund)
BEEN (perfect participle).
The paradigm in O.E. was:
| SING. | PL. | |
| 1st pres. | ic eom ic beo | we sind(on) we beoð |
| 2nd pres. | þu eart þu bist | ge sind(on) ge beoð |
| 3rd pres. | he is he bið | hie sind(on) hie beoð |
| 1st pret. | ic wæs | we wæron |
| 2nd pret. | þu wære | ge waeron |
| 3rd pret. | heo wæs | hie wæron |
| 1st pret. subj. | ic wære | we wæren |
| 2nd pret. subj. | þu wære | ge wæren |
| 3rd pret. subj. | Egcferð wære | hie wæren |
The "b-root" had no past tense in O.E., but often served as future tense of am/was. In 13c. it took the place of the infinitive, participle and imperative forms of am/was. Later its plural forms (we beth, ye ben, they be) became standard in M.E. and it made inroads into the singular (I be, thou beest, he beth), but forms of are claimed this turf in the 1500s and replaced be in the plural. For the origin and evolution of the am/was branches of this tangle, see am and was.
"That but this blow Might be the be all, and the end all." ["Macbeth" I.vii.5]
art
early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from O.Fr. art, from L. artem (nom. ars) "art, skill, craft," from PIE *ar-ti- (cf. Skt. rtih "manner, mode;" Gk. arti "just," artios "complete;" Armenian arnam "make;" Ger. art "manner, mode"), from base *ar- "fit together, join" (see
arm (1)). In M.E. usually with sense of "skill in scholarship and learning" (c.1300), especially in the seven sciences, or liberal arts. This sense remains in Bachelor of Arts, etc. Meaning "human workmanship" (as opposed to nature) is from late 14c. Sense of "cunning and trickery" first attested c.1600. Meaning "skill in creative arts" is first recorded 1620; esp. of painting, sculpture, etc., from 1660s. Broader sense of the word remains in artless (1580s). As an adj. meaning "produced with conscious artistry (as opposed to popular or folk) it is attested from 1890, possibly from infl. of Ger. kunstlied "art song" (cf. art film, 1960; art rock, c.1970). Fine arts, "those which appeal to the mind and the imagination" first recorded 1767. Expression art for art's sake (1836) translates Fr. l'art pour l'art. First record of art critic is from 1865. Arts and crafts "decorative design and handcraft" first attested in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in London, 1888.
"Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truths, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. The revolt of individualism came because the tradition had become degraded, or rather because a spurious copy had been accepted in its stead." [William Butler Yeats]
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Medical Dictionary
Be
The symbol for the element beryllium.
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Science Dictionary
| Be
The symbol for beryllium. |
| beryllium (bə-rĭl'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Symbol Be A hard, lightweight, steel-gray metallic element of the alkaline-earth group, found in various minerals, especially beryl. It has a high melting point and is corrosion-resistant. Beryllium is used to make sturdy, lightweight alloys and aerospace structural materials. It is also used as a neutron moderator in nuclear reactors. Atomic number 4; atomic weight 9.0122; melting point 1,278°C; boiling point 2,970°C; specific gravity 1.848; valence 2. See Periodic Table. |
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Computing Dictionary
ART definition
languageA real-time functional language. It timestamps each data value when it was created.
["Applicative Real-Time Programming", M. Broy, PROC IFIP 1983, N-H].
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
ART
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| Bé Baumé scale |
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Example sentences
Artists' journals can be an art form unto themselves, a taxonomy of days that attempt to capture the random rush of creativity.
Daydreaming can help solve problems, trigger creativity, and inspire great works of art and science.
Whenever the leaders of the art world stage a major event, vastly rich people are never far from the scene.
Consider how mystifying a walk through an art museum can be.
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