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| ar·ti·cle [ rtik'l ] |
noun (plural ar·ti·cles) |
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1. newspaper or reference piece: a piece of nonfiction writing in a newspaper, magazine, or reference book
  an article on ecology
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2. item: an object or item, especially one that is part of a group
articles of clothing
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3. grammar word before noun: a word used with a noun that specifies whether the noun is definite or indefinite. In English the indefinite articles are "a" and "an," and the definite article is "the."
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4. online newsgroup message: a message or posting to a newsgroup
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5. law legal paragraph: a section of a legal document that deals with a specific point
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transitive verb (past and past participle ar·ti·cled, present participle ar·ti·cling, 3rd person present singular ar·ti·cles) |
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law bind somebody by contract: to bind somebody by the articles of a contract, especially somebody training in the legal profession
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| [12th century. Via French< Latin articulus "joint, section" < artus "joint, limb"] |
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