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ar·ti·cle    Audio Help   [ahr-ti-kuhl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
–noun
1.a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
2.an individual object, member, or portion of a class; an item or particular: an article of food; articles of clothing.
3.something of indefinite character or description: What is that article?
4.an item for sale; commodity.
5.Grammar. any member of a small class of words, or, as in Swedish or Romanian, affixes, found in certain languages, as English, French, and Arabic, that are linked to nouns and that typically have a grammatical function identifying the noun as a noun rather than describing it. In English the definite article is the, the indefinite article is a or an, and their force is generally to impart specificity to the noun or to single out the referent from the class named by the noun.
6.a clause, item, point, or particular in a contract, treaty, or other formal agreement; a condition or stipulation in a contract or bargain: The lawyers disagreed on the article covering plagiarism suits.
7.a separate clause or provision of a statute.
8.Slang. a person.
9.Archaic. a subject or matter of interest, thought, business, etc.
10.Obsolete. a specific or critical point of time; juncture or moment: the article of death.
–verb (used with object)
11.to set forth in articles; charge or accuse specifically: They articled his alleged crimes.
12.to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation: to article an apprentice.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME < AF, ML articulus article of faith, L: joint, limb, member, clause, grammatical article, equiv. to arti- (comb. form of artus joint; akin to arthro-, arm2) + -culus -cule1]
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ar·ti·cle    Audio Help   (är'tĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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  1. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item: an article of clothing; articles of food.
  2. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.
  3. A nonfictional literary composition that forms an independent part of a publication, as of a newspaper or magazine.
  4. Grammar
    1. The part of speech used to indicate nouns and to specify their application.
    2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech. In English, the indefinite articles are a and an and the definite article is the.
  5. A particular part or subject; a specific matter or point.

tr.v.   ar·ti·cled, ar·ti·cling, ar·ti·cles
To bind by articles set forth in a contract, such as one of apprenticeship.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin articulus, joint, article, diminutive of artus, joint (translation of Greek arthron, joint, article); see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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article 
c.1230, "separate parts of anything written" (e.g. the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from O.Fr. article, from L. articulus, dim. of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together"). Meaning extended to "a small division," then generalized to "item, thing." Older sense preserved in Articles of War "military regulations" (1716) and Articles of Confederation (U.S. history). Meaning "literary composition in a journal, etc." (independent, but part of a larger work) first recorded 1712. Meaning "pieces of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.

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noun
1. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication 
2. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing" 
3. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) 
4. (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase 

verb
1. bind by a contract; especially for a training period 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
article1 [ˈaːtikl] noun
a thing or an object
Example: This shop sells articles of all kinds; articles of clothing
Arabic: شَيء، سِلْعَه، قِطْعَه
Chinese (Simplified): 物品
Chinese (Traditional): 物品
Czech: artikl, předmět, kus
Danish: vare; artikel
Dutch: artikel, stuk
Estonian: ese
Finnish: artikkeli
French: article
German: der Artikel
Greek: αντικείμενο
Hungarian: áru(cikk)
Icelandic: vara, vörutegund, hlutur
Indonesian: benda
Italian: articolo
Japanese: 品物
Korean: 물건
Latvian: apģērba gabali
Lithuanian: daiktas, prekė
Norwegian: vare, artikkel
Polish: artykuł
Portuguese (Brazil): artigo
Portuguese (Portugal): artigo
Romanian: articol
Russian: предмет, изделие
Slovak: artikel
Slovenian: blago, izdelek
Spanish: artículo
Swedish: sak, artikel, vara
Turkish: nesne, şey
article2 [ˈaːtikl] noun
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
Example: He has written an article on the new sports centre for a local magazine.
Arabic: مَقالَه
Chinese (Simplified): 文章
Chinese (Traditional): 文章
Czech: článek
Danish: artikel
Dutch: artikel
Estonian: artikkel
Finnish: artikkeli
French: article
German: der Artikel
Greek: άρθρο
Hungarian: (újság)cikk
Icelandic: grein
Indonesian: tulisan, karangan
Italian: articolo
Japanese: 記事
Korean: 기사
Latvian: raksts
Lithuanian: straipsnis
Norwegian: artikkel
Polish: artykuł
Portuguese (Brazil): artigo
Portuguese (Portugal): artigo
Romanian: articol, reportaj
Russian: статья
Slovak: článok
Slovenian: članek
Spanish: artículo
Swedish: artikel
Turkish: makale, yazı
article3 [ˈaːtikl] noun
the (the definite article) or a/an (the indefinite article)
Arabic: (أداةالتَّعْريف)
Chinese (Simplified): 冠词
Chinese (Traditional): 冠詞
Czech: člen
Danish: bestemte, *ubestemte artikel (gram.)
Dutch: lidwoord
Estonian: artikkel
Finnish: artikkeli
French: article
German: der Artikel
Greek: άρθρο (γραμμ.)
Hungarian: névelő
Icelandic: greinir
Indonesian: artikel
Italian: articolo
Japanese: 冠詞
Korean: 관사
Latvian: artikuls
Lithuanian: artikelis
Norwegian: (bestemt, *ubestemt) artikkel
Polish: przedimek
Portuguese (Brazil): artigo
Portuguese (Portugal): artigo
Russian: (не)определённый артикль
Slovak: člen (určitý, neurčitý)
Slovenian: člen
Spanish: artículo
Swedish: artikel
Turkish: harfi tarif, belirteç
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ar·ti·cle
Function: noun
1 a : a separate and usually numbered or otherwise marked section (as of a statute, indictment, will, or otherwriting) b : a separate point, charge, count, or clause c : a condition or stipulation in a document (as a contract)
2 : a document setting forth the termsof an agreement —usually used in pl. <articles of merger>
3 plural : ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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Ab`ar*tic`u*la"tion\ (acr/b`[aum]r*t[i^]k`[-u]*l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F. abarticulation. See Article.] (Anat.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. --Coxe.

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Article

Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., & Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See Art, Article.]

1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

2. Anything resembling an arm; as, (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear. (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. (c) A branch of a tree. (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke. (f) An inlet of water from the sea. (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii. 1.

Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. --Dryden.

Arm's length, the length of the arm.

Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach.

To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in armwe went along." --Tennyson.

To keep at arm's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse.

To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

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Ar"ti*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. ?, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art, n.]

1. 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. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [Obs.]

A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding. --Addison.

This last article will hardly be believed. --De Foe.

4. A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty." --Paley. "Each article of time." --Habington.

The articles which compose the blood. --E. Darwin.

5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food. --Landor.

6. Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic]

This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. --Evelyn.

7. (Gram.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789.

Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case.

Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army.

In the article of death [L. in articulo mortis], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle.

Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws.

The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.

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