EGAVE

article

About 58.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
  2. noun An object, a member of a group or class.
    an article of clothing
  3. noun A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
  4. noun A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
    The Articles of War are a set of regulations […] to govern the conduct of […] military […] forces
  5. noun Ellipsis of genuine article. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. noun A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
    Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.
  7. noun A person; an individual.
    a shrewd article
  8. noun A wench.
    She's a prime article, a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

Similar words

clause byline chapter essay writeup paragraph text manuscript subparagraph story

Often followed by

in of on by is was

Word family

articled articles articling

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