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Definition of the arts
: painting, sculpture, music, theater, literature, etc., considered as a group of activities done by people with skill and imagination She's a patron of the arts. He wants the government to increase its funding for the arts.
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artplay arts
: skill acquired by experience, study, or observation
: a branch of learning:
: one of the humanities
: produced as an artistic effort or for decorative purposes
: archaic present tense second-person singular ofbe
: article
: artificial
: artillery
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