sub-article

sub-ar·ti·cle

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [suhb ahr-ti-kuh l]
- /sʌb ˈɑr tɪ kəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [suhb ahr-ti-kuh l]
- /sʌb ˈɑr tɪ kəl/

Definitions of sub-article word

noun sub-article 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. 1
noun sub-article an individual object, member, or portion of a class; an item or particular: an article of food; articles of clothing. 1
noun sub-article something of indefinite character or description: What is that article? 1
noun sub-article an item for sale; commodity. 1
noun sub-article 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. 1
noun sub-article 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. 1

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Origin of sub-article

First appearance:

before 1200

One of the 9% oldest English words

1200-50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Medieval Latin articulus article of faith, Latin: joint, limb, member, clause, grammatical article, equivalent to arti- (combining form of artus joint; akin to arthro-, arm2) + -culus -cule1

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Parts of speech for Sub-article

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sub-article popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".