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# arts

«arts» in Mova's school dictionary: **activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the arts — plural; art, arts); verb form (no)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#m1)

2) Arts (in school and university) are subjects about people and culture, like history, languages and literature, as opposed to sciences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#m2)

3) Arts is also the plural of «art», meaning skills: «the arts of cooking and sewing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, «arts and crafts» is making things by hand, like collages, paper models and clay pots; «the performing arts» are music, dance and drama on a stage. «Martial arts» are fighting sports like karate and judo. Phrases: «arts and crafts», «the arts», «performing arts», «martial arts», «arts centre», «Bachelor of Arts».

### examples

- We do arts and crafts every Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x1)
- She loves the arts, especially dance and music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x2)
- Karate is one of the martial arts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x3)
- The town has a new arts centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x4)
- Our school has a performing arts show in the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x5)
- My cousin studies arts at university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x6)
- The festival celebrates the arts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x7)
- We made puppets in arts and crafts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/#x8)

### note

«Art» on its own usually means pictures and sculptures (uncountable: «I like art»). «The arts» is plural and broader. «Arts» vs «sciences» is a way of grouping school or university subjects.

### In the corpora

- [Judo and other martial arts teach students how to fall safely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/19/)
- [(8-3) And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.209/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arts» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arts/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.