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ar·ti·cle (ärt′i kəl)

noun

  1. one of the sections or items of a written document, as of a constitution, treaty, contract, etc.
  2. the parts of a formal declaration, or of a body of rules, beliefs, etc., considered as a whole
  3. a complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book
  4. a thing of a certain kind; separate item an article of luggage
  5. a thing for sale; commodity
  6. Gram. any one of the words a, an, or the (and their equivalents in other languages), used as adjectives: a and an are the indefinite articles and the is the definite article

Etymology: ME & OFr < L articulus, dim. of artus, a joint: see art

transitive verb articled -·cled, articling -·cling

  1. Archaic to set forth (charges) in an indictment
  2. to bind by the articles of an agreement or contract an articled apprentice

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Alternate definitions:

law article definition - legal

article Synonyms

article

n.

  1. An individual thing

    item, object, substance, commodity; see thing 1.

  2. Nonfiction appearing in a periodical

    essay, editorial, commentary, news item, column, feature, piece, report, study; see also exposition 2.

  3. A division of a piece of writing

    portion, section, provision, item, clause, stipulation, chapter.


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article Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • incorporation: Officers are not required to be listed in the Articles of Incorporation.

Converse of object

  • publish: Below is a copy of a message which I sent to The Lancet in response to the published articles.

Preposition: in

  • journal: She has published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Adjective modifier

  • full: Read full article » Does the Internet really matter?

Noun used with modifier

  • journal: You can use a database to research a subject - for example, to find relevant journal articles.
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article quotes

The bearer of this letter is an old friend of mine not quite the right side of the blanket as they say in fact he is the son of a first rate butcher but his mother was a decent family called Hyssopps of the Glen so you see he is not so bad and is desireus of being the correct article.

-Ashford, Daisy Mary Margaret

He is not a genuine foreign-grown savage; he is the ordinary home-made article.Dirty, ugly, disagreeableto all the senses, in body a common creature of the common streets, only in soul a Heathen. Homely filth begrimes him, homely parasites devour him, homely sores are in him, homely rags are on him: native ignorance, the growth of English soil and climate, sinks his immortal nature lower than the beasts that perish.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants.

-Honegger, Arthur

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