Definitions of ARTICLE [ˈɑr tɪ kəl]

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Definition of 'ARTICLE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) article
a factual piece of writing, usu. on a single topic, appearing in a newspaper, magazine, etc.

2.  article
an individual object, member, or portion of a class; item:
an article of clothing.

3.  article
something of indefinite character or description.

4.  article
an item for sale; commodity.

5.  article
a member of a small class of words or affixes, as the words a, an, and the in English, that are linked to nouns and that typically function in identifying the noun as a noun and in indicating definiteness or indefiniteness of reference.

6.  article
a separate clause or section in a contract, treaty, statute, or other formal document.

7. (v.t.) article
to charge or accuse of specific offenses.

8.  article
to bind by the articles of a contract:
to article an apprentice.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME < AF, ML articulus article of faith, L: joint, member, clause, dim. of artus joint; see -cle¹)

Definition of 'ARTICLE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) article
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

2. (noun) article
one of a class of artifacts
"an article of clothing"

3. (noun) article, clause
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

4. (verb) article
(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

5. (verb) article
bind by a contract; especially for a training period

Definition of 'ARTICLE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) article
a piece of writing in newspaper, magazine, etc.
a magazine article

2. article
an object
an article of clothing

3. article
a word used before a noun
"a," "an," and "the" are articles.

Definition of 'ARTICLE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ARTICLE
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

2. (noun) ARTICLE
a literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia

3. (noun) ARTICLE
subject; matter; concern; distinct

4. (noun) ARTICLE
a distinct part

5. (noun) ARTICLE
a particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article

6. (noun) ARTICLE
precise point of time; moment

7. (noun) ARTICLE
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

8. (noun) ARTICLE
one of the segments of an articulated appendage

9. (noun) ARTICLE
to formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars

10. (noun) ARTICLE
to accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles

11. (noun) ARTICLE
to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic

12. (verb) ARTICLE
to agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant

Translation of 'ARTICLE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a thing or an object This shop sells articles of all kinds; articles of clothing.
Afrikaans: stuk	Arabic: شَيء، سِلْعَه، قِطْعَه	Bulgarian: предмет
Brazilian: artigo	Czech: artikl, předmět, kus	German: der Artikel
Danish: vare; artikel	Greek: αντικείμενο	Spanish: artículo
Estonian: ese	Farsi: کالا؛ تکه	Finnish: esine
French: article	Hebrew: פְּרִיט	Hindi: वस्तु
Croatian: predmet	Hungarian: áru(cikk)	Indonesian: benda
Icelandic: vara, vörutegund, hlutur	Italian: articolo	Japanese: 品物
Korean: 품목	Lithuanian: daiktas, prekė	Latvian: apģērba gabali
Malay: barang	Dutch: artikel, stuk	Norwegian: vare, artikkel
Polish: artykuł	Persian: کالا؛ تکه	Pashto: کالای، رخت
Portuguese: artigo	Romanian: articol	Russian: предмет, изделие
Slovak: artikel	Slovenian: blago, izdelek	Serbian: stvar ili predmet
Swedish: sak, artikel, vara	Thai: สิ่งของ	Turkish: nesne,şey
Taiwanese: 物品	Ukrainian: виріб; продукт	Urdu: شے ، چیز
Vietnamese: vật	Chinese: 物品
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