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Articles identify whether a noun is definite (specific or particular) or indefinite (general or unspecific). For this reason, articles are divided into two categories: the definite article, the, and the indefinite articles, a and an.

ar·ti·cle

(är′tĭ-kəl)

1. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item: an article of clothing; articles of food.

2. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.

3. A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.

4. Grammar

a. The part of speech used to indicate nouns and to specify their application.

b. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech. In English, the indefinite articles are a and an and the definite article is the.

5. A particular part or subject; a specific matter or point.

tr.v. ar·ti·cled, ar·ti·cling, ar·ti·cles

To bind by articles set forth in a contract, such as one of apprenticeship.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin articulus, joint, article, diminutive of artus, joint (translation of Greek arthron, joint, article); see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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article

(ˈɑːtɪkəl)

1. one of a class of objects; item: an article of clothing.

2. an unspecified or previously named thing, esp a small object: he put the article on the table.

3. a distinct part of a subject or action

4. (Journalism & Publishing) a written composition on a subject, often being one of several found in a magazine, newspaper, etc

5. (Grammar) grammar a kind of determiner, occurring in many languages including English, that lacks independent meaning but may serve to indicate the specificity of reference of the noun phrase with which it occurs. See also definite article, indefinite article

6. (Law) a clause or section in a written document such as a treaty, contract, statute, etc

7. (Law) in articles formerly, undergoing training, according to the terms of a written contract, in the legal profession

8. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (often capital) Christianity See article of faith, Thirty-nine Articles

9. archaic a topic or subject

vb (tr)

archaic to accuse

[C13: from Old French, from Latin articulus small joint, from artus joint]

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ar•ti•cle

(ˈɑr tɪ kəl)

n., v. -cled, -cling. n.

1. a factual piece of writing, usu. on a single topic, appearing in a newspaper, magazine, etc.

2. an individual object, member, or portion of a class; item: an article of clothing.

3. something of indefinite character or description.

4. an item for sale; commodity.

5. a member of a small class of words or affixes, as the words a, an, and the in English, that are linked to nouns and that typically function in identifying the noun as a noun and in indicating definiteness or indefiniteness of reference. Compare definite article, indefinite article.

6. a separate clause or section in a contract, treaty, statute, or other formal document.

v.t.

7. to charge or accuse of specific offenses.

8. to bind by the articles of a contract: to article an apprentice.

[1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Medieval Latin articulus article of faith, Latin: joint, member, clause, diminutive of artus joint; see -cle¹]

text

– article

1. 'text'

The text of a book or magazine is the main written part of it, rather than the introduction, pictures, or index.

The illustrations and text were beautifully produced.

2. 'article'

You do not refer to a piece of writing written for a newspaper or magazine as a 'text'. You call it an article.

Four years ago Clive Norling wrote an article in the Times.

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article

Past participle: articled
Gerund: articling

Imperative
article
article

Present
I article
you article
he/she/it articles
we article
you article
they article

Preterite
I articled
you articled
he/she/it articled
we articled
you articled
they articled

Present Continuous
I am articling
you are articling
he/she/it is articling
we are articling
you are articling
they are articling

Present Perfect
I have articled
you have articled
he/she/it has articled
we have articled
you have articled
they have articled

Past Continuous
I was articling
you were articling
he/she/it was articling
we were articling
you were articling
they were articling

Past Perfect
I had articled
you had articled
he/she/it had articled
we had articled
you had articled
they had articled

Future
I will article
you will article
he/she/it will article
we will article
you will article
they will article

Future Perfect
I will have articled
you will have articled
he/she/it will have articled
we will have articled
you will have articled
they will have articled

Future Continuous
I will be articling
you will be articling
he/she/it will be articling
we will be articling
you will be articling
they will be articling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been articling
you have been articling
he/she/it has been articling
we have been articling
you have been articling
they have been articling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been articling
you will have been articling
he/she/it will have been articling
we will have been articling
you will have been articling
they will have been articling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been articling
you had been articling
he/she/it had been articling
we had been articling
you had been articling
they had been articling

Conditional
I would article
you would article
he/she/it would article
we would article
you would article
they would article

Past Conditional
I would have articled
you would have articled
he/she/it would have articled
we would have articled
you would have articled
they would have articled

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article

A word used to identify the noun that it precedes.

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Noun	1.	article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication editorial, newspaper column, column - an article giving opinions or perspectives feature article, feature - a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning" magazine article - an article published in a magazine news article, news story, newspaper article - an article reporting news piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" offprint, separate, reprint - a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication paper - a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers" think piece - an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts nonfiction, nonfictional prose - prose writing that is not fictional
	2.	article - one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing" artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole article of commerce - an article that is offered for sale breakable - an article that is fragile and easily broken; "pack the breakables separately" knickknack, novelty - a small inexpensive mass-produced article notion - (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; "buttons and needles are notions" ware - articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
	3.	article - a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) clause section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" arbitration clause - a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract deductible - a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount double indemnity - a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death escalator, escalator clause - a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) joker - an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract" reserve clause - a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration; "the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club" rider - a clause that is appended to a legislative bill document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
	4.	article - (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) determinative, determiner - one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases definite article - a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference indefinite article - a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference
Verb	1.	article - bind by a contract; especially for a training period oblige, obligate, bind, hold - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

article

noun

1. feature, story, paper, piece, item, creation, essay, composition, discourse, treatise a newspaper article

2. thing, piece, unit, item, object, device, tool, implement, commodity, gadget, utensil household articles

3. clause, point, part, heading, head, matter, detail, piece, particular, division, section, item, passage, portion, paragraph, proviso article 50 of the UN charter

the genuine article authentic, real, genuine, legitimate, the real thing, on the level (informal), bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), the real McCoy (informal) The vodka was the genuine article.

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article

noun

1. An individually considered portion of a whole:

detail, element, item, particular, point.

2. Something having material existence:

item, object, thing.

Translations

شَيء، سِلْعَه، قِطْعَهمَقَالمَقالَه

článekčlenartiklkuspředmět

artikelvarebestemte/ubestemte artikelparagrafpunkt

Artikel Paragraph Begleiter Beitrag Geschlechtswort

άρθρο δημοσίευμα

artículo cosa mercancía

artikkel

artikkeliartiklaesinejuttukappale

article chose denrée marchandise objet

članak

névelőújságcikk

artikel

greingreinirvara, vörutegund, hlutur

articolo comma oggetto quota voce

記事

기사

artikelisprekėstraipsnis

apģērba gabaliartikulspriekšmetsraksts

artikel lidwoord

artikkel bestemt artikkel ubestemt artikkel vare

artykuł paragraf przedmiot rodzajnik

artigo

articol

статья артикль изделие предмет член

artikel

članekčlenizdelekblago

artikel

บทความ

makale nesne şeytanımlıkyazı

bài báo

文章物品冠词

article

[ˈɑːtɪkl]

A. N

1. (= item, product) → artículo m; (= object) → objeto m, cosa f
articles of value → objetos mpl de valor
articles of clothing → prendas fpl de vestir

2. (in newspaper etc) → artículo m
see also leading

3. (Ling) → artículo m
definite/indefinite article → artículo m definido/indefinido, artículo m determinado/indeterminado

4. (Admin, Jur) → artículo m, cláusula f

B. VT (Brit) to be articled to sb → estar de aprendiz con algn

C. CPD article of faith N → artículo m de fe
article of partnership N → contrato m de asociación
articles of apprenticeship NPL (Brit) → contrato msing de aprendizaje
articles of association NPL (Comm) → estatutos mpl sociales
articles of war NPL (US) (Mil Hist) → código msing militar

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article

[ˈɑː^rtɪk^əl]

(= object) (gen) → objet m; (for sale) → article m
articles of value → objets mpl de valeur
articles of clothing → vêtements mpl
the genuine article → le vrai de vrai

(= news story) → article m
a newspaper article → un article de journal

(= clause) → article m

articles npl (British) (LAW) (= training) → stage m (notarial)

article

(= item) → Gegenstand m; (in list) → Posten m; (Comm) → Ware f, → Artikel m; article of value → Wertgegenstand m; article of furniture → Möbelstück nt; articles of clothing → Kleidungsstücke pl; toilet articles → Toilettenartikel pl ? genuine

(in newspaper etc) → Artikel m; (= encyclopedia entry) → Eintrag m

(of constitution) → Artikel m; (of treaty, contract) → Paragraf m; articles of association → Gesellschaftsvertrag m; article of faith → Glaubensartikel m; (fig) → Kredo nt; articles of war (Hist) → Kriegsartikel pl

(Gram) → Artikel m, → Geschlechtswort nt

(of articled clerk) to be under articles → (Rechts)referendar sein; to take one’s articles → seine Referendarprüfung machen

vt apprentice → in die Lehre geben (to bei); to be articled to somebody → bei jdm eine Lehre machen, bei jdm in die Lehre gehen; to be articled to somebody/something → an jdn/etw vertraglich gebunden sein; articled clerk (Brit Jur) → ˜ Rechtsreferendar(in) m(f)

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article

[ˈɑːtɪkl] n

a. (Admin, Law, Comm, Gram) → articolo; (object) → oggetto
articles of clothing → articoli mpl di vestiario, indumenti mpl

b. articles npl (Brit) (Law, Admin) → contratto di tirocinio
to be in articles → fare il tirocinio

article

(ˈaːtikl) noun

1. a thing or an object. This shop sells articles of all kinds; articles of clothing.

2. a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine. He has written an article on the new sports centre for a local magazine.

3. the (the definite article) or a/an (the indefinite article).

article

→ مَقَال článek artikel Artikel άρθρο artículo artikkeli article članak articolo 記事 기사 artikel artikkel artykuł artigo статья artikel บทความ makale bài báo 文章

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The other year, looking through a newspaper of sound principles, but whose staff WILL persist in "casting" anchors and going to sea "on" a ship (ough!), I came across an article upon the season's yachting.

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The sisters were named Anne and Maria, and I could see by the pleasure that beamed in the soft blue eyes of the former, that she was quite enchanted with the beauty of the article laid before her so unexpectedly.

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A few days afterwards I sent my mother a London evening paper with an article entitled 'An Auld Licht Community,' and they told me that when she saw the heading she laughed, because there was something droll to her in the sight of the words Auld Licht in print.

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He would go and see her when he finished the article on the treasure-hunters.

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The poison was alleged to have been wickedly and feloniously given by the prisoner to his wife Sara, on two occasions, in the form of arsenic, administered in tea, medicine, "or other article or articles of food or drink, to the prosecutor unknown." It was further declared that the prisoner's wife had died of the poison thus administered b y her husband, on one or other, or both, of the stated occasions; and that she was thus murdered by her husband.

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"But this isn't that," and Tom picked up the magazine and leafed it to find the article he had been reading.

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At last a long article appeared, on the 7th of October, in the bulletin of the Royal Geographical Society, which treated the question from every point of view, and demonstrated the utter folly of the enterprise.

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The Article in the Daily Telegraph.--War between the Scientific Journals.-- Mr.

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The reader may please to observe, that, in the last article of the recovery of my liberty, the emperor stipulates to allow me a quantity of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1724 Lilliputians.

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Anyhow I'll start with an article in The Saturday."

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She held out a weekly comic paper, pointing to an article on one of its pages.

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