# arts

Pronunciation: US say "ARTS" /ɑɹts/; UK say "AHTS" /ɑːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of art. — plural of art.
   - Simple: Plural of art. Use this form when you mean more than one art.
   - _The decorative arts flourished under royal patronage._
   - _She mastered a range of arts, from weaving to woodcarving._
2. Academic subjects such as literature, history, languages, and philosophy, studied to build broad general knowledge rather than to train for a specific trade.
   - Simple: A broad set of school subjects, like history, languages, and writing, meant to give wide general knowledge.
   - _He chose to focus on the arts, taking courses in history and literature._
   - _The university's faculty of arts offers degrees in history, philosophy, and modern languages._
3. The branch of learning concerned with literature, philosophy, and the creative arts; the humanities.
   - Simple: The study of things like literature, philosophy, and creative work.
   - _He switched from engineering to arts, drawn to literature and philosophy._
   - _The faculty of arts offers courses in history, languages, and ethics._
4. The academic study of languages and their literatures, as a branch of the humanities.
   - Simple: The study of different languages and the stories and books written in them.
   - _He pursued arts at college, focusing on Latin and medieval poetry._
   - _The arts curriculum emphasizes close reading of literary texts in several languages._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/arts (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).