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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
article
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a newspaper article/report/story
▪ I read quite an interesting newspaper report on the war.
an item/article of clothingformal (= a piece of clothing)
▪ All items of clothing should be clearly labelled.
definite article
finished articleBritish English
▪ The painting began to look like the finished article.
indefinite article
leading article
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
definite
▪ It's a language all its own, with rules and a grammar, but it has no definite article.
▪ The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.
▪ The newspaper names have a definite article because there is only one.
▪ The man had become a myth and acquired the definite article.
▪ Demonstratives and the definite article are terms whose mobilisation and use would be strongly linked to this kind of deixis.
▪ They are all blond and call themselves Gang, without the definite article, which has an icily Germanic ring.
▪ A second piece of evidence is provided by certain uses of the definite article.
▪ For them this front and these guns are the only possible ones indicated by the definite articles.
genuine
▪ Before you settle for less than the genuine article, compare the price.
▪ And he is the genuine article, an original who succeeds in looking ahead by looking way back.
▪ These shops are trying to pass discount trainers from way beck when as the genuine article.
▪ Problems aside, at least this set offers the genuine article.
▪ The makers of the genuine article have agreed to let Oxfam pass the shoes on to refugees who are desperate for footwear.
▪ The paternoster I use is the genuine article, which entails a long bomb length and a short hook length.
▪ But can shoppers tell when they're getting the genuine article?
▪ Of course he was the genuine article, a great champion whose pride would not allow him to give anything but his best.
indefinite
▪ Note the indefinite article - A judicial view, not the judicial view.
recent
▪ The fund's activities to date are described in a recent article by Greenwood.
▪ A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach.
▪ Click on any heading on the right for highlights from recent reviews and articles.
▪ The contradictions in the Clinton policy were trenchantly described in a recent article by Robert Kagan, a former Reagan administration official.
▪ The background of liberal philosophy shapes the opposing interpretations of the modern law of contract presented in recent books and articles.
■ NOUN
journal
▪ We can help you find information and obtain materials from elsewhere whether books, journal articles or research reports.
▪ Larson cites a medical journal article of 22 years ago that compares a religious experience to a psychotic episode.
▪ A modest journal article might have produced for the author a significant learning experience.
▪ These actions followed a Journal article in August that raised questions about the accuracy of company statements about its business affairs.
▪ Some sections of the book reference journal articles exclusively, with no annotations as to what these journal articles contain.
▪ Still, in their journal articles, these researchers are cautious about telling people to give up dieting.
▪ The results of some of these studies are being published as books or journal articles.
▪ To get more detail where the work was later published in a journal article.
magazine
▪ Best-selling books, magazine articles and newspaper columns publicised his ideas.
▪ Guidebooks and magazine articles often presented Macao as a kind of down-market annex to Hong Kong.
▪ Newspaper and magazine articles create an interest in the artist.
▪ A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach.
▪ Even popular magazine articles recognize that there are appropriate steps necessary to being happy.
▪ A magazine article indicated I might benefit from adding weight lifting to my exercise program.
▪ Nicholson said he was stunned; he never knew and thus the magazine article did not include this item.
newspaper
▪ They will seek to persuade journalists to support their client's case in appropriate newspaper articles.
▪ The dwindling supplies of crude oil and natural gas are frequently discussed in newspaper articles.
▪ I am concerned by a newspaper article which said that some of the drugs used to lower cholesterol can cause cancer.
▪ First, a trick I learnt from a newspaper article about a discovery in psychology.
▪ When Dole arrived in Wisconsin three days later to give his speech, newspaper articles were quoting Clinton on welfare.
▪ Beneath the letter was a xeroxed newspaper article listing all the bars in the city.
▪ I had read a newspaper article on the National Teacher Corps and had sent away for information.
■ VERB
appear
▪ Bridge To the non Bridge player, discussions or articles about Bridge appear to make little sense.
▪ In a phone conversation with Jackson after the article appeared, Gingrich dissociated himself from Watts' remark, according to Jackson.
▪ The article should appear in the Times a couple of days after I get back to New York.
▪ The definite article was inclined to appear in strange places, and to disappear from other places where it should have been.
▪ This article originally appeared in the Syracuse New Times.
▪ But if the article appears less than earth-shaking, getting it into print proved a convulsive experience for the Sun newsroom.
carry
▪ In addition all newspapers carry articles of interest such as stories on medical developments, health and safety, the environment and transport.
▪ The magazine carries a series of articles to suit all tastes and is excellent value at just £1.
▪ That enabled the Belfast Telegraph, for example, to carry a huge article on the real cost of the sell-off.
▪ It carries articles not only from academics, but also from journalists, public servants, and freelance writers.
▪ In return, Music Hall carried photographs and articles about Tiller's achievements, so spreading his fame still further.
clothe
▪ As Mami and Papi finished dressing, the girls watched, fussing at their tights, an uncomfortable new article of clothing.
▪ The SHTRAYml, like other articles of clothing, is an instance where the restriction was turned into an ornament.
▪ Casually remove articles of clothing throughout the course of the meaL Insult your companions.
▪ I tell her to look for an article of clothing he might have left behind and slash that instead.
contain
▪ The volume also contains articles on photoelectron spectroscopy and the Auger effect.
▪ It contains 41 articles - including the right to a name - through to health, education, and so one.
▪ The journal Public Money and Management contains topical articles covering the whole of the public sector.
▪ Published monthly, it contains full research articles and letters.
contribute
▪ Alicia Di Rado contributed to this article.
▪ From 1872 onwards he contributed student articles to the Telegraphic Journal, which later became the Electrical Review.
▪ Gladstone, over the years, contributed sixty-seven articles.
▪ Goldman Sachs was second. --- Victoria M.. Zunitch contributed to this article.
▪ Jon Nalick contributed to this article.
▪ Mr Kidder contributed many articles on foreign affairs to the Boston Globe.
include
▪ The bulletin includes articles from other publications as well as those written by its own correspondents throughout the region.
▪ It included scientific and clinical articles, abstracts from foreign journals, news items and editorials.
▪ This edition will include a sequence of articles on Immunology.
▪ It includes short articles summing up some of the main changes that have taken place and which are apparent in the tables.
▪ In addition publications produced by the partnership, such as its newspaper, include articles on teacher placements.
▪ Costs of screening are important Editor, - Recent issues of the journal have included four articles on screening programmes.
publish
▪ Any delay in publishing an article in Perkin Trans. 1 is on the side of the author.
▪ The charges were preaching sedition in three published articles.
▪ The paper would have a defence if it could show it had acted reasonably in publishing the articles.
▪ Several of the leading journals published articles directed against ambitious politicians who thought more of personal gain than of national welfare.
▪ The Daily Telegraph published a long article from me on the subject on its editorial page.
▪ Nor does the research process look anything like the final research report or published article.
▪ When Nielsen published his article in September 1997, the click-through rate was estimated to be 1 %.
read
▪ I read an article about it.
▪ I read your article and would love to talk to you.
▪ I read an article in the Minneapolis paper about rotten nuts.
▪ Having read the article, I admit that aspects of it caused my eyebrows to rise.
▪ David Klugman remembers his anger after reading the article.
▪ But Peter said he wanted me to read the article before he came over tomorrow.
write
▪ I am writing this article on an old Compaq bought in 1982 and worthless in the marketplace today.
▪ They suggested I write a short article about picks, if I was so interested in them.
▪ He seemed very moved by my story and said he intended to write an article about it.
▪ Samuel wrote letters to both him and the reporter who wrote the article.
▪ He wrote an article and everyone started asking for our cheeses.
▪ To counteract that, he began writing articles for a leading trade publication.
▪ Several had written books and articles and others were involved in voluntary work.
▪ When he wrote that article, the stock traded between 3 1 / 8 and 2 1 / 2.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
front-page news/article/story etc
▪ A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
▪ If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
▪ If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
▪ It became the stuff of front-page news.
▪ It must have made front-page news.
▪ Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
▪ The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
▪ The war was no longer front-page news.
op-ed page/article
▪ Unbooks do not even have the substance of a solid op-ed page article, which usually runs 1 / 100 as long.
the genuine article
▪ He owns a 1947 Ferrari -- the genuine article.
▪ If you ever wanted to meet a cowgirl, Katy was the genuine article.
▪ With paintings it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the genuine article from a good reproduction.
▪ And he is the genuine article, an original who succeeds in looking ahead by looking way back.
▪ Before you settle for less than the genuine article, compare the price.
▪ But can shoppers tell when they're getting the genuine article?
▪ Of course he was the genuine article, a great champion whose pride would not allow him to give anything but his best.
▪ Problems aside, at least this set offers the genuine article.
▪ The makers of the genuine article have agreed to let Oxfam pass the shoes on to refugees who are desperate for footwear.
▪ The paternoster I use is the genuine article, which entails a long bomb length and a short hook length.
▪ These shops are trying to pass discount trainers from way beck when as the genuine article.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Did you read that article on the Middle Eastern peace process?
▪ Each article has a written history printed on a card below the display.
▪ He began his career writing articles for the college magazine.
▪ He had once read a magazine article about it in the dentist's office.
▪ Most of our wedding presents were household articles.
▪ Prisoners may receive some personal articles from their families.
▪ She didn't take much with her, just a few articles of clothing and a towel.
▪ The country signed the treaty but then violated each of its 143 articles.
▪ There was an interesting article in the LA Times about bullying at work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A recent Governing magazine article about at-risk youth illustrated the importance of a holistic approach.
▪ A song, after all, is a copyrighted article, one that generates revenue for both the label and the artist.
▪ He shows up in a 1947 article by William L.. Shirer.
▪ He spent extravagant sums for blockbuster articles by and about celebrities, and launched a circulation war against Life and Look.
▪ If you are suffering from a rogue tank then this article may help in locating the problem.
▪ In this article, as the title suggests, I shall deal in detail with a rather specific topic.
▪ The fee for this article will be used to help finance it.
▪ They will seek to persuade journalists to support their client's case in appropriate newspaper articles.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Article

Article \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, 178

  9. 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.

Article

Article \Ar"ti*cle\, v. i. To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.
--Selden.

Article

Article \Ar"ti*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Articled; p. pr. & vb. n. Articling.] [Cf. F. articuler, fr. L. articulare. See Article, n., Articulate.]

  1. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

    If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
    --Jer. Taylor.

  2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

    He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.
    --Stat. 33 Geo. III.

  3. To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
article

c.1200, "separate parts of anything written" (such as the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from Old French article (13c.), from Latin articulus, diminutive of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together;" (see arm (n.1)).\n

\nMeaning 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 "piece of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.

Wiktionary
article

n. 1 A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set. 2 A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To bind by articles of apprenticeship. 2 (context obsolete English) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations. 3 To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

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WordNet
article

v. bind by a contract; especially for a training period

article

  1. n. 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) [syn: clause]

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

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Wikipedia
Article (publishing)

An article is a written work published in a print or electronic medium. It may be for the purpose of propagating news, research results, academic analysis or debate.

Article (grammar)

An article ( abbreviated ) is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and (in certain contexts) some. "An" and "a" are modern forms of the Old English "an", which in Anglian dialects was the number "one" (compare "on", in Saxon dialects) and survived into Modern Scots as the number "owan". Both "on" (respelled "one" by the Normans) and "an" survived into Modern English, with "one" used as the number and "an" ("a", before nouns that begin with a consonant sound) as an indefinite article.

In many languages, articles are a special part of speech, which cannot easily be combined with other parts of speech. In English, articles are frequently considered a part of a broader speech category called determiners, which combines articles and demonstratives (such as "this" and "that").

In languages that employ articles, every common noun, with some exceptions, is expressed with a certain definiteness (e.g., definite or indefinite), just as many languages express every noun with a certain grammatical number (e.g., singular or plural). Every noun must be accompanied by the article, if any, corresponding to its definiteness, and the lack of an article (considered a zero article) itself specifies a certain definiteness. This is in contrast to other adjectives and determiners, which are typically optional. This obligatory nature of articles makes them among the most common words in many languages—in English, for example, the most frequent word is the.

Articles are usually characterized as either definite or indefinite. A few languages with well-developed systems of articles may distinguish additional subtypes. Within each type, languages may have various forms of each article, according to grammatical attributes such as gender, number, or case, or according to adjacent sounds.

Article

Article or articles may refer to:

  • Article (European Union), articles of treaties of the European Union
  • Article (grammar), a grammatical element used to indicate definiteness or indefiniteness
  • Article (publishing), a piece of nonfictional prose that is an independent part of a publication
  • Articles of Confederation, the predecessor to the current United States Constitution
  • Articles of association, the regulations governing a company, used in India, the United Kingdom and other countries
  • Articles of Incorporation and Articles of Organization, the U.S. equivalents
  • Articles of clerkship, see articled clerk
  • Articles of Faith, sets of beliefs usually found in creeds
  • "Articles", a song from Beowülf's 1993 album Un-Sentimental
  • RDS-1, the Soviet Union's first atomic test device, code-named "the article"
  • an HTML element delimited by the tags and .
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Usage examples of "article".

I counsel you to appeal to the Church Universal as to whether you should abjure these articles or not.

For it says there: He who has been involved in one kind or sect of heresy, or has erred in one article of the faith or sacrament of the Church, and has afterwards specifically and generally abjured his heresy: if thereafter he follows another kind or sect of heresy, or errs in another article or sacrament of the Church, it is our will that he be judged a backslider.

Very little careful examination would have sufficed to find, in the second section of the very first article of the Constitution, the names of every one of the thirteen then existent States distinctly mentioned, with the number of representatives to which each would be entitled, in case of acceding to the Constitution, until a census of their population could be taken.

Food of a starchy or saccharine character is apt to increase acidity, and interfere with the assimilation of other elements, therefore, articles, rich in fatty matters, should enter largely into the diet.

Avoid the use of those articles of food which produce excessive acidity of the stomach.

Union on the 17th of November, and on the 18th appeared the first article giving the adhesion of the Union, to the Lecompton Constitution.

Union on the 17th of November, and on the 18th appeared the first article giving the adhesion of the Union to the Lecompton Constitution.

They are Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.

If the article is advertised, and a reward sufficiently in excess of what he paid for it is offered, the Fence frequently returns it to its rightful owner, upon condition that no questions shall be asked, and claims the reward.

There would be less labor incorporated into an acre of grain, and the agriculturist would be therefore obliged to exchange it for a less labor incorporated into some other article.

Ganges to the Straits of Gibraltar, that they had no leisure for theological controversy: and though the Alcoran, the original monument of their faith, seems to contain some violent precepts, they were much less infected with the spirit of bigotry and persecution than the indolent and speculative Greeks, who were continually refining on the several articles of their religious system.

Jones lawyers explored any allegation, tip, article or book suggesting some kind of Clinton sexual liaison.

The article practically accused the Grand Dame Alpha of violating clan trust to pull strings for her granddaughter.

The note itself would mean nothing to anybody unless that person knew that Alsa wore contact lenses and perhaps not even then, because it was a commonplace thing to find written at the top of an article.

Kill one Alvarado, another would move into his place and announce that he was the authentic article.