article

Meaning of article

noun
  1. a particular item or object.
    small household articles
    articles of clothing
  2. a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
    an article about middle-aged executives
  3. a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation.
    it is an offence under Article 7 of the Treaty
  4. a period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant.
    he is already in articles
    it may be worth taking articles in a specialized firm
  5. the definite or indefinite article.
verb
  1. bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified.
    he was articled to a firm of solicitors in York

Middle English (denoting a separate clause of the Apostles' Creed): from Old French, from Latin articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.

Information about article

Hyphenation of article

ar-ti-cle

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • article is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

article synonyms

Meaning clause:

clause

Meaning a material thing that can be seen and touched:

object

Meaning an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to:

thing

Meaning an individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set:

item

Meaning an individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole:

unit

Meaning an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest:

artefact

Meaning a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee:

commodity

Meaning an article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale:

product

Meaning a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment:

device

Meaning a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one:

gadget

Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:

contrivance

Meaning a tool or implement, especially one for precision work:

instrument

Meaning a tool, container, or other article, especially for household use:

utensil

Meaning a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function:

tool

Meaning a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose:

implement

Meaning a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify:

whatsit

Meaning used to refer to a person or thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify:

whatchamacallit

Meaning a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention:

thingummy, thingy

Meaning used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention:

thingamabob, thingamajig

Meaning a gadget, especially one whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall:

gizmo

Meaning miscellaneous items; paraphernalia:

gubbins

Meaning used to refer to something that the speaker cannot name precisely:

doodah

Meaning a gadget or other object whose name the speaker does not know or cannot recall:

doodad

Meaning a small object or gadget, especially one whose precise name the speaker cannot recall:

doohickey

Meaning used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically:

dingus

Meaning a short piece of writing on a particular subject:

essay

Meaning a spoken or written description of an event or situation, especially one intended for publication or broadcasting in the media:

report

Meaning a report or description of an event or experience:

account

Meaning a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or broadcast:

story

Meaning a newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast programme devoted to the treatment of a particular topic, typically at length:

feature

Meaning an essay, especially one written by a school or college student:

composition

Meaning a regular section of a newspaper or magazine devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person:

column

Meaning an essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal:

paper

Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:

tract

Meaning the devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject, especially by means of books:

study

Meaning a critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine:

review

Meaning an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation:

commentary

Meaning a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject:

treatise

Meaning detailed examination of the elements or structure of something:

analysis

Meaning a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject:

disquisition

Meaning written or spoken communication or debate:

discourse

Meaning the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic:

theme

Meaning any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up:

section

Meaning a division of a section:

subsection

Meaning the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object:

point

Meaning a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated by a new line, indentation, or numbering:

paragraph

Meaning the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated:

division

Meaning the action of subdividing or being subdivided:

subdivision

Meaning a title at the head of a page or section of a book:

heading

Meaning an amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something:

part

Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:

bit

Meaning the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another:

passage

Meaning a part of a whole:

portion

Meaning each of the parts into which something is or may be divided:

segment

Meaning the action of providing or supplying something for use:

provision

Meaning a condition or qualification attached to an agreement or statement:

proviso

Meaning a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement:

stipulation

Translation of article

Anagrams of article

Latrice, lacerti, recital, talcier

Words that rhyme with article

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