Dictionary Definition
article
Noun
1 nonfictional prose forming an independent part
of a publication
2 one of a class of artifacts; "an article of
clothing"
3 a separate section of a legal document (as a
statute or contract or will) [syn: clause]
4 (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the
specificity of reference of a noun phrase v : bind by a contract;
especially for a training period
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) /ˈɑːtɪkəl/, /"A:tIk@l/
- (US)
/ˈɑɹtɪkl̩/, /"Ar\tIkl/
- Rhymes with: -ɑː(r)tɪkəl
Noun
- A story, report, or opinion piece in a
newspaper, magazine, journal, internet etc.
- See: Wikipedia article on article in publishing
- A member of a
group or class
- an article of clothing
- An object.
- a sales article
- In the context of "grammar": A part of
speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or
the in English). In some languages the article may appear as en
ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none
(e.g. Finnish, Estonian).
- See: Wikipedia article on article in grammar
- A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
- In the context of "derogatory}} A person.
Extensive Definition
Article may refer to:
- Article (grammar), a grammatical particle used to indicate definiteness
- Article (publishing), a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of a publication
- Article
(law), a section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
- Articles of Confederation, the early United States Constitution
- Item, as in "article of clothing"
- Articles, an abbreviation for articles of clerkship
See also
article in Danish: Artikel
article in German: Artikel
article in Estonian: Artikkel
article in Spanish: Artículo
article in French: Article
article in Irish: Alt
article in Galician: Artigo
article in Italian: Articolo
article in Dutch: Artikel
article in Norwegian: Artikkel
article in Norwegian Nynorsk: Artikkel
article in Low German: Artikel
article in Polish: Artykuł
article in Portuguese: Artigo
article in Russian: Статья
article in Simple English: Article
article in Serbo-Croatian: Član
article in Finnish: Artikkeli
article in Swedish: Artikel
article in Tagalog: Artikulo
article in Yiddish: ארטיקל
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accuse,
affair, allege, apprentice, arraign, article of commerce,
article of merchandise, artifact, aspect, autograph, back matter,
beat, bind, bind over, book, brainchild, bring accusation,
bring charges, bring to book, budget of news, case, causerie, chapter, charge, cite, clause, column, commodity, complain, composition, computer
printout, copy, count, critique, datum, definite article, denounce, denunciate, descant, detail, determinative, determiner, dingus, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, division, document, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, draft, drug, edited version, element, engrossment, entity, eppes, essay, etude, etwas, examination, exclusive, excursus, exposition, facet, fact, factor, fair copy, fascicle, fasten on, fasten
upon, feature, fiction, final draft, finger, finished version, first
approach, first draft, flimsy, flumadiddle, folio, front matter, gadget, gathering, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hang something on, hickey, holograph, homily, hootenanny, hootmalalie, impeach, imply, impute, incidental, indefinite
article, indenture,
indict, individual, inform against,
inform on, insinuate,
installment,
instance, integer, introductory study,
item, jigger, lay charges, lead item,
leader, letter, literae scriptae,
literary artefact, literary production, literature, livraison, lodge a complaint,
lodge a plaint, loss leader, lucubration, manifesto, manuscript, material thing,
matter, memoir, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, module, monograph, morceau, news item, nonfiction, note, noun determiner, number, object, opus, original, outline, page, pandect, paper, paragraph, parchment, part, particular, passage, penscript, person, persona, phrase, piece, piece of writing, pin on,
play, poem, point, prefer charges, preliminary
study, press charges, printed matter, printout, product, production, prolegomenon, put on
report, quelque chose, reading matter, recension, regard, report, reproach, research paper,
respect, scoop, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, seconds, section, segment, sentence, serial, sheet, signature, single, singleton, sketch, something, soul, special, special article, spot
news, standard article, staple, staple item, statement, story, study, survey, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, term paper, text, the written word, theme, thesis, thing, thingum, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, tract, tractate, transcript, transcription, treatise, treatment, twit, typescript, unit, vendible, verse, version, volume, ware, whatchy, widget, work, writing