ALL meanings of articles
ar·ti·cle
A a - noun plural articles legal training 3
- noun articles 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 articles an individual object, member, or portion of a class; an item or particular: an article of food; articles of clothing. 1
- noun articles something of indefinite character or description: What is that article? 1
- noun articles an item for sale; commodity. 1
- noun articles 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 articles 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
- noun articles a separate clause or provision of a statute. 1
- noun articles Slang. a person. 1
- noun articles Archaic. a subject or matter of interest, thought, business, etc. 1
- noun articles Obsolete. a specific or critical point of time; juncture or moment: the article of death. 1
- verb with object articles to set forth in articles; charge or accuse specifically: They articled his alleged crimes. 1
- verb with object articles to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation: to article an apprentice. 1
- noun articles A particular item or object, typically one of a specified type. 1
- noun articles plural of article. 0
- noun articles (Slang) Breeches; coat and waistcoat. 0
- noun articles (law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling. 0