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Article

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Noun

1. article

nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

2. article

one of a class of artifacts

Example Sentences:
'an article of clothing'

3. article, clause

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

4. article

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Verb

5. article

bind by a contract; especially for a training period

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Article

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noun
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. 
a written composition on a subject, often being one of several found in a magazine, newspaper, etc
5. 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. 
a clause or section in a written document such as a treaty, contract, statute, etc
7.  in articles
8. (often capital) Christianity article of faith, Thirty-nine Articles
9. archaic
a topic or subject
verb (transitive)
10. archaic
to accuse

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Article

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noun
1. 
one of the sections or items of a written document, as of a constitution, treaty, contract, etc.
2.  [pl.]
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.  Grammar
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
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈarticled or ˈarticling
7.  Archaic
to set forth (charges) in an indictment
8. 
to bind by the articles of an agreement or contract
an articled apprentice

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Article

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n.
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.

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