article

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) /ˈɑːtɪkəl/, /"A:tIk@l/
• (US) /ˈɑɹtɪkl̩/, /"Ar\tIkl/

  Rhymes with: -ɑː(r)tɪkəl

Noun

1. A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, internet etc.

   See: Wikipedia article on article in publishing

2. A member of a group or class

   an article of clothing

3. An object.

   a sales article

4. 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

5. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
6. In the context of "derogatory}} A person.

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 One
• Article Two
• Article Three

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