a particular or separate object or thing, often viewed as a member of a class of things
a piece of non-fictional prose, usu forming an independent part of a magazine, newspaper, etc
a separate clause, item, provision, or point in a text, document, etc
(in pl)
a written agreement specifying conditions of apprenticeship
a period of work with a firm undertaken by a trainee solicitor, architect, accountant, or surveyor
an item of business; a matter
a word or affix, e.g. a, an, and the, used with nouns to specify indefiniteness or definiteness: compare definite article, indefinite article
article of faith
a strongly held belief
[Middle English via Old French from Latin articulus joint, division, dimin. of artus joint]