countable a piece of writing about a particular subject that is published in a newspaper or magazine
He has written several articles for The Times.
article on/about:
We ran an article about her in our magazine.
Synonyms and related words
Parts of newspapers and magazines
advice column
agony column
announcement
2
countable an object, usually one of a group of similar objects
The shopsellssmallhouseholdarticles.
article of clothing:
She leftarticles of clothing all around the livingroom.
Synonyms and related words
General words for objects
thing
object
article
3
countable part of a legal document or agreement that deals with a particular point
Article 180 states that one third of the members must be women.
Synonyms and related words
Legal documents and parts of legal documents
affidavit
amendment
apostille
4
countable linguisticsa type of determiner (=word used before a noun) that shows whether you are referring to a particular thing or to a general example of something. The indefinite article is ‘a’ or ‘an’ and the definite article is ‘the’.
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph
5
articles
plural Britishthe final part of the education of a professional person, for example a lawyer, during which they work for a company
do your articles:
She is doing her articles with a firm of architects in Guildford.
Synonyms and related words
Courses of study
access course
apprenticeship
articles
See alsogenuine
article
noun
US /ˈɑrtɪk(ə)l/
Other entries for this word
Article 50
zero articlenoun
definite articlenoun
article of faithnoun
indefinite articlenoun
the genuine articlephrase
Word Forms
singular
article
plural
articles
DEFINITIONS5
piece of writing
object
part of legal document
in grammar
legal training
1
countable a piece of writing about a particular subject that is published in a newspaper or magazine
He has written several articles for The New York Times.
article on/about:
We ran an article about her in our magazine.
Synonyms and related words
Parts of newspapers and magazines
advice column
agony column
announcement
2
countable an object, usually one of a group of similar objects
article of clothing:
She leftarticles of clothing all around the livingroom.
The storesellssmallhouseholdarticles.
Synonyms and related words
General words for objects
thing
object
article
3
countable part of a legal document or agreement that deals with a particular point
Article 180 states that one third of the members must be women.
Synonyms and related words
Legal documents and parts of legal documents
affidavit
amendment
apostille
4
countable linguisticsa type of determiner (=word used before a noun) that shows whether you are referring to a particular thing or to a general example of something. The indefinite article is “a” or “an” and the definite article is “the.”
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph
5
articles
plural Britishthe final part of the education of a professional person, for example a lawyer, during which they work for a company