article
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːtɪkl̩/
ipa: [ˈɑːtʰɪkʰəɫ]
ipa: /ˈɑɹtɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈɑɹtəkl̩/
ipa: [ˈɑ(ː)ɹɾɨkɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl
Forms: form: articles
Etymology: From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.
Senses: examples: text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […]. (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
ref: 2012 March 23, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
glosses: A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
examples: text: an article of clothing
text: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: An object, a member of a group or class.
examples: text: ‘A song called “Freak Like Me” by the Sugababes,’ said Jesse.
‘Just Sugababes, no article,’ the man said, enjoying the stunned reaction on Jesse’s face.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 118:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: 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).
examples: text: The Articles of War are a set of regulations[…]to govern the conduct of[…]military[…]forces
glosses: A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
glosses: Ellipsis of genuine article.
examples: text: Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.
text: upon each article of human duty
ref: 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy:
text: the different articles which compose the blood
ref: 1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
examples: text: a shrewd article
text: "You dateless article," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad.
ref: 2001 August 4, Lynne Walker, “Classical: Musical portrait of the artist as a young man”, in The Independent:
glosses: A person; an individual.
examples: text: She's a prime article, a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.
glosses: A wench.
examples: text: a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding
ref: 1711 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, July 17, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 119; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
text: This last article perhaps will hardly be believed.
ref: 1722 March, H[enry] F[oe] [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], A Journal of the Plague Year: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] Nutt […]; J. Roberts […]; A. Dodd […]; and J. Graves […], →OCLC:
glosses: Subject matter; concern.
glosses: A distinct part.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1683 July 23 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 13 July 1683]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
text: […] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]
ref: 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Original Preface
text: each article of time
ref: 1634, William Habington, Castara:
glosses: A precise point in time; a moment.
Derived terms: adverticle
articleless
article of death
article of extraordinary value
article of faith
articleship
articles of association
articles of incorporation
articles of organization
articles of war
charticle
counterarticle
definite article
enumerated articles
finished article
first article
good article
indefinite article
interarticle
in the article of death
listicle
lost articles
middle article
partitive article
pirate articles
prepositional article
proper article
pseudoarticle
quinquarticular
review article
subarticle
zero article
Related terms: articular
articulate
articulation