{
    "term": "art",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the use of the imagination to express ideas or feelings, particularly in painting, drawing or sculpture",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**modern/contemporary** art"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **art critic/historian/lover**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can we call television art?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stolen **works of art**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her performance displayed great art."
                },
                {
                    "text": "American art"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a very beautiful **piece of art**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exhibition of photography and digital art"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His art style was less radical than his contemporaries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Will real life ever imitate art the way Hollywood wishes it would?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Impressionist art movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people from the art world attended the funeral."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the New York art scene"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "commercial"],
                "verb + art": ["create", "produce", "display"],
                "art + noun": ["gallery", "museum", "exhibit"],
                "phrases": ["life imitates art"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "examples of objects such as paintings, drawings or sculptures",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **art gallery/exhibition**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a collection of art and antiques"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He created cover art and illustrations for the magazine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a noted art collector."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The castle houses one of the finest art collections in Britain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The museum normally showcases Western art."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "commercial"],
                "verb + art": ["create", "produce", "display"],
                "art + noun": ["gallery", "museum", "exhibit"],
                "phrases": ["life imitates art"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the skill of creating objects such as paintings and drawings, especially when you study it",
            "labels": "(US English)(US English)(US English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's good at art and design."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a master's degree in **fine art**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **art teacher/student/college/class**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Hobbies", "Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "commercial"],
                "verb + art": ["create", "produce", "display"],
                "art + noun": ["gallery", "museum", "exhibit"],
                "phrases": ["life imitates art"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "art, music, theatre, literature, etc. when you think of them as a group",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "lottery funding for the arts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is the relationship between **the visual arts** and music?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["creative", "culinary", "decorative"],
                "arts + noun": ["administrator", "patron"],
                "phrases": [
                    "arts and crafts",
                    "funding for the arts",
                    "sponsorship of the arts"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a type of visual or performing art",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an exhibition of Peruvian **arts and crafts**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dance is a very theatrical art."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["creative", "culinary", "decorative"],
                "arts + noun": ["administrator", "patron"],
                "phrases": [
                    "arts and crafts",
                    "funding for the arts",
                    "sponsorship of the arts"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the subjects you can study at school or university that are not sciences, such as languages, history or literature",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an arts degree"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["liberal"],
                "arts + noun": ["subject", "degree"],
                "phrases": ["arts and sciences"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "an ability or a skill that you can develop with training and practice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a therapist trained in the art of healing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've never **mastered the art** of making bread."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Letter-writing is a lost art nowadays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Appearing confident at interviews is **quite an art** *(= rather difficult)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Television ruined the art of conversation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teach your teenager the art of compromise."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lost"],
                "verb + art": ["master", "perfect"],
                "preposition": ["art of"],
                "phrases": ["have something down to a fine art"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to learn to do something well and efficiently",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I spend so much time travelling that I've got packing down to a fine art."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɑːt/",
                "audio": "ar/art/art__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɑːrt/",
                "audio": "ar/art/art__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Middle English: via Old French from Latin ars, art-."
}