METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, THE

Meaning of METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, THE in English

ˌMetropolitan Muˌseum of ˈArt, the BrE AmE ( also the Met informal )

an art ↑ museum in the US, in New York City, that is considered to be one of the most important in the world

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

METROPOLITAN — adj metropolitan (1. belonging to the parent state of a colony; 2. [Eccl.]; 3. belonging to the chief town or …
Interlingua English vocab
MUSEUM — muséo
English interlingue dictionary
MUSEUM — noun Etymology: Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUSEUM — I Public institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humans and their environment. Types of museums …
Английский словарь Британика
ART — I also called visual art A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination. The …
Английский словарь Британика
METROPOLITAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ART — I. Etymology: Middle English art, ert, from Old English eart; akin to Old Norse est, ert, (thou) art, Gothic is, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSEUM — (ˈ)myü|zēəm, ÷ ˈ ̷ ̷_ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin Museum, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or …
Английский словарь Webster
METROPOLITAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
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METROPOLITAN — ( a. ) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSEUM — /myooh zee"euhm/ , n. a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN
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ART — art 1 /ahrt/ , n. 1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — I. ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən noun Date: 14th century 1. : the primate of an ecclesiastical province 2. : one who lives in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ART — I. ˈärt, ərt Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eart; akin to Old Norse est, ert (thou) art, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSEUM — noun Etymology: Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METROPOLITAN — noun an archbishop. 2. metropolitan ·noun the superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. 3. metropolitan ·adj of …
Webster English vocab
ART — noun the black art; magic. 2. art ·noun skillful plan; device. 3. art ·noun cunning; artifice; craft. 4. art ·noun …
Webster English vocab
MUSEUM — [mu.se.um] n [L Museum place for learned occupation, fr. Gk Mouseion, fr. neut. of Mouseios of the Muses, fr. Mousa] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
METROPOLITAN — [met.ro.pol.i.tan] n (14c) 1: the primate of an ecclesiastical province 2: one who lives in a metropolis or displays metropolitan …
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ART — [art] [ME, fr. OE eart; akin to ON est, ert (thou) art, OE is is] archaic pres 2d sing of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSEUM — institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humankind and the environment. In its preserving of this …
Britannica English vocabulary
METROPOLITAN — in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, the head of an ecclesiastical province. Originally, a metropolitan was a …
Britannica English vocabulary
ART — the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSEUM — also called Alexandrian Museum, or Museum Of Alexandria, Greek Mouseion, ancient centre of classical learning at Alexandria in Egypt. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSEUM — museum BrE AmE mju ˈzi ː ‿əm ˌmjuː- —Occasionally also -ˈzeɪ- ▷ museum|s z ▶ mu ˈ seum piece BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — metropolitan, M~ BrE AmE ˌmetr ə ˈpɒl ɪt ə n ◂ -ˈ•ət- AmE -ˈpɑːl ət ə n ◂ ▷ metropolitan|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUSEUM — / mjuˈziːəm; NAmE / noun a building in which objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific interest are kept and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — / ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən; NAmE -ˈpɑːl-/ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. (also NAmE informal metro ) connected with a large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ART — / ɑːt; NAmE ɑːrt/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] the use of the imagination to express …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSEUM — mu ‧ se ‧ um S3 W2 /mjuːˈziəm $ mjʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
METROPOLITAN — met ‧ ro ‧ pol ‧ i ‧ tan /ˌmetrəˈpɒlət ə n◂, ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪt ə n◂ $ -ˈpɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ART — I. art 1 S1 W1 /ɑːt $ ɑːrt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ art , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. ømuseum piece 1 a specimen …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
METROPOLITAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to a metropolis, esp. as distinct from its environs (metropolitan New York). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ART — n. 1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. museum piece 1 a specimen …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or relating to a metropolis, esp. as distinct from its environs (metropolitan New York). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ART — n. 1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. Phrases and idioms: museum piece …
Oxford English vocab
METROPOLITAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or relating to a metropolis, esp. as distinct from its environs (metropolitan New York). …
Oxford English vocab
ART — 1. n.1 a human creative skill or its application. b work exhibiting this. 2 a (in pl.; prec. by the) …
Oxford English vocab
MUSEUM — ( museums) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A museum is a building …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METROPOLITAN — Metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city. ...the metropolitan district of Miami. ...a dozen major metropolitan …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ART — ( arts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Art consists of paintings, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSEUM — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A ~ is a building where …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUSEUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a museum collection ▪ The specimens are now part of a fine museum collection in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
METROPOLITAN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a metropolitan area (= a very large city ) ▪ major metropolitan areas such as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ART — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature ▪ Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture. a film/art/music etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSEUM — [noun] [C] - a building where objects of historical, scientific or artistic interest are kepta museum of modern artthe Imperial …
Cambridge English vocab
METROPOLITAN — [adjective]the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Yorkthe Metropolitan Police (= the London police force)Aged 25, he left his home …
Cambridge English vocab
ART — [noun] [U] - the making of what is expressive or beautiful, or things that are considered to be expressive or …
Cambridge English vocab
MUSEUM — n. Alexandria Museum of Old Museum of Painting American Museum of Natural History British Museum Getty Museum J. Paul Guggenheim …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSEUM — n. Public institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humans and their environment. Types of museums …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ART — n. visual art Woodstock Music and Art Fair abstract art nonrepresentational art nonobjective art Anglo Saxon art International Exhibition of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ART — n. also called visual art A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination. The …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSEUM — Synonyms and related words : British Museum, Festschrift, Guggenheim Museum, Hermitage, Indian reservation, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, National Gallery, Prado, Rijksmuseum, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ART — Synonyms and related words : American, Art Nouveau, Ashcan school, Barbizon, Bauhaus, Bolognese, British, Cobra, Dadaism, Dutch, Fauvism, Flemish, Fontainebleau, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSEUM — n. Function: noun a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition FF1C; an art …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUSEUM — noun a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition an art museum with a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSEUM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent , fascinating ( esp. BrE ), great , interesting , major , prestigious ( esp. AmE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ART — noun 1 paintings, drawings, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ great , high ▪ commercial , fine ▪ abstract , conceptual , figurative …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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