article

Meaning

Noun

1. A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
2. An object, a member of a group or class.
3. 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 an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
4. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
5. Short for genuine article.
6. A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
7. A person; an individual.
8. (obsolete,slang) A wench.
9. Subject matter; concern.
10. A distinct part.
11. (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.

Verb

1. To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
2. (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
3. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑːtɪkəl/

Etymology

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

Sentences

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