artist
part of speech
noun (an artist, artists)
meaning for a pupil
1) An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art. tree →
2) An artist can also be a performer, such as a singer, musician, actor or dancer. tree →
3) An artist can be anyone who does something with great skill, as in «a real artist with a football». tree →
sense in the lessons
In art lessons pupils study famous artists and their styles and work like artists themselves. In everyday life musicians and singers are also called artists (a recording artist). Phrases: «street artist», «make-up artist», «artist's palette».
examples
- Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who painted sunflowers. tree →
- My sister wants to be an artist when she grows up. tree →
- A street artist drew a huge chalk picture on the path. tree →
- Every child in our class is an artist in art club. tree →
- The singer is the most famous artist on the show. tree →
- The artist mixed blue and yellow to make green. tree →
- The pictures were drawn by Mr. Kakuzo Fujiyama, a Tokio artist. tree →
note
Countable: an artist (use «an» because it starts with a vowel sound). Noun: art; adjective: artistic; «artwork» is a piece of art. Do not confuse with «artiste» (an old word for a performer) or «artisan» (a skilled craft worker).
In the corpora
- Behind many AI news stories stand real people with real worries: translators, artists, writers and parents.
- Artists and writers asked whether it is fair that AI learned from their work without asking, and courts are still deciding.
- It was reported that some translators, writers and artists say they now get less work because of AI.
- Italian artists worked out the rules of perspective about 600 years ago.
- Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «artist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.