article
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈɑːtɪkl/
/ˈɑːrtɪkl/
- to read/write/publish an article
- Her tweet follows an article posted online by the ‘Huffington Post’.
- article (by somebody) on something I read an interesting article by a well-known scientist on the subject of genetics.
- article (by somebody) about something Have you seen that article about young fashion designers?
- according to an article According to a recent newspaper article, the company is worth over $20 billion.
Wordfinder- article
- columnist
- editorial
- feature
- headline
- journalist
- newspaper
- obituary
- review
- supplement
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa1- A leading article in ‘The Times’ accused the minister of lying.
- He wrote about his political career in a series of articles published in a national newspaper.
- I'm doing an article about ways of preventing pollution.
- It was her job to commission occasional articles.
- The article appears in this week's edition of ‘The Spectator’.
- The article looks at two questions.
- The magazine includes a how-to article on building a greenhouse.
- The magazine refused to print his article.
- an article on the dangers of sunbathing
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brilliant
- excellent
- fascinating
- …
- series
- author
- co-author
- do
- …
- appear
- contain something
- feature something
- …
- in an/the article
- article about
- article on
- …
- an article called something
- an article entitled something
- an article headed something
- …
- (law) a separate item in an agreement or a contract
- Article 10 of the European Convention guarantees free speech.
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2- The key articles of the constitution can only be changed by referendum.
- Article 7 provides that all businesses must be registered correctly.
- Several articles of the 1955 treaty were rewritten.
- The actions of the organization are in breach of Article 12 of the treaty.
- The judge ordered the child's return home under Article 6 of the Convention.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- key
- be in breach of
- breach
- contravene
- …
- provide something
- specify something
- state something
- …
- under an/the article
- the terms of an article
- (formal) a particular item or separate thing, especially one of a set synonym item
- articles of clothing
- toilet articles such as soap and shampoo
- The articles found in the car helped the police to identify the body.
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2- The finished article takes two months to manufacture.
- Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- finished
- the genuine
- offending
- …
- make
- manufacture
- produce
- …
- an article of clothing
- (grammar) the words a and an (the indefinite article) or the (the definite article)
- Names of countries in English do not usually take an article.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- definite
- indefinite
- take
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a separate clause of the Apostles' Creed, a formal statement of Christian beliefs): from Old French, from Latin articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.