Article
['ɑːtɪk(ə)l] or ['ɑrtɪkl]
Definition
(noun.) one of a class of artifacts; 'an article of clothing'.
(noun.) nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.
(noun.) (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase.
(noun.) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
(verb.) bind by a contract; especially for a training period.
Edited by Fergus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
(n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
(n.) Subject; matter; concern; distinct.
(n.) A distinct part.
(n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.
(n.) Precise point of time; moment.
(n.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
(n.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
(n.) To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
(n.) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.
(n.) To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.
(v. i.) To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.
Checked by Eugene
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Part, portion, branch, member, clause, item, particular, count, point.[2]. Term, stipulation, provision, condition, covenant.[3]. Thing, substance, commodity.[4]. (Gram.) Definitive adjective.
Checker: Zachariah
Definition
n. a separate element member or part of anything: a particular substance: a single clause or term: a distinct point in an agreement or an agreement looked at as complete as in 'articles of apprenticeship ' &c.: rules or conditions generally: a section of any document: a literary composition in a journal newspaper encyclop鎑ia &c. treating of a subject distinctly and independently: (gram.) the name given to the adjectives the (definite article) and a or an (indefinite article).—v.t. to draw up or bind by articles: to indict charge with specific accusations: bind by articles of apprenticeship.—adj. Artic′ular belonging to the joints.—Articles of association regulations for the business of a joint-stock company registered under the Companies Acts; Articles of faith binding statement of points held by a particular Church; Articles of war code of regulations for the government and discipline of the army and navy.—In the article of death (L. in articulo mortis) at the point of death.—Lords of the Articles a standing committee of the Scottish parliament who drafted the measures to be submitted.—The Thirty-nine Articles the articles of religious belief finally agreed upon by the entire bishops and clergy of the Church of England in 1562.
Typist: Marietta
Examples
- In this place I will print an article which I wrote for the New York Herald the night we arrived. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No sooner does an article become extensively used than a machine is made for turning it out automatically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Why do not you article yourself then to a baker of it, I observed, and so pay some of your debts? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I do not mean the genuine article, but all men are slaves more or less, if they don't follow my mode of life. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She casually dropped a remark about having arranged to fetch some article or other. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As he took each article from the walls, he placed it in a pile in the center of the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- All the signs visible--signs which told that the paint had been smeared by some loose article of somebody's dress touching it in going by. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He would then commence his purchases, paying for each article separately, as he got it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Fanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as he was, he would not press that article farther. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fish is one of the principal articles with which the North Americans trade to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The newspapers had previously published articles showing the unusual capacity and performance of the battery, and public interest had thus been greatly awakened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o'clock I had only done nine articles, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It consists chiefly of the four following articles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But these distinctions and definitions are faulty in very considerable articles. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- These articles were brought to me by Skyresh Bolgolam in person attended by two under-secretaries, and several persons of distinction. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I saw the rooms that I was never to see again; here, a door half open; there, a door closed; all the articles of furniture around. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I did not know whether either of these articles would be accepted: probably they would not; but I must try. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Going to be articled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It's some time since I was articled, but the payment of that hundred pounds was a great pull. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Articled clerks have been in the habit of fleshing their legal wit upon it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Articled clerks go a good deal on the water. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Is this young gentleman one of the 'prentices or articled ones of your office? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I was articled to Spenlow and Jorkins. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Kenge and Carboy in the same category with Mr. Badger, I asked him when he intended to be articled in Lincoln's Inn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Wyatt