ARTICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does article mean? 

• ARTICLE (noun)
  The noun ARTICLE has 4 senses:

1. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

2. one of a class of artifacts

3. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

4. (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

  Familiarity information: ARTICLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• ARTICLE (verb)
  The verb ARTICLE has 1 sense:

1. bind by a contract; especially for a training period

  Familiarity information: ARTICLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("article" is a kind of...):

nonfiction; nonfictional prose (prose writing that is not fictional)

piece (an artistic or literary composition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "article"):

think piece (an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts)

paper (a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses)

offprint; reprint; separate (a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication)

news article; news story; newspaper article (an article reporting news)

magazine article (an article published in a magazine)

feature; feature article (a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine)

column; editorial; newspaper column (an article giving opinions or perspectives)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of a class of artifacts

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Context example:

an article of clothing

Hypernyms ("article" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "article"):

breakable (an article that is fragile and easily broken)

knickknack; novelty (a small inexpensive mass-produced article)

notion ((usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items)

ware (articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: 'silverware', 'software')

article of commerce (an article that is offered for sale)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

article; clause

Hypernyms ("article" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Domain category:

contract (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "article"):

arbitration clause (a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract)

deductible (a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount)

double indemnity (a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death)

escalator; escalator clause (a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index))

joker (an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent)

reserve clause (a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration)

rider (a clause that is appended to a legislative bill)

Holonyms ("article" is a part of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Derivation:

article (bind by a contract; especially for a training period)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("article" is a kind of...):

determinative; determiner (one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "article"):

definite article (a determiner (as 'the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference)

indefinite article (a determiner (as 'a' or 'some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference)

• ARTICLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they article    ... he / she / it articles   
Past simple: articled   
Past participle: articled   
-ing form: articling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bind by a contract; especially for a training period

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "article" is one way to...):

bind; hold; obligate; oblige (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

article (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))

 Context examples 

I copied as quickly as I could, but at nine o’clock I had only done nine articles, and it seemed hopeless for me to attempt to catch my train.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He would go and see her when he finished the article on the treasure-hunters.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A fan, a glove, glasses—who knows what article may be carried as a token or treasured when a man puts an end to his life?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The slop-chest is a sort of miniature dry-goods store which is carried by all sealing schooners and which is stocked with articles peculiar to the needs of the sailors.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

One day my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis, and I volunteered to supply them.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So I told him I would simply write an account of our visit, just as if I were doing a descriptive special article for The Daily Telegraph.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Miss Spenlow endeavoured, said Miss Murdstone, to bribe me with kisses, work-boxes, and small articles of jewellery—that, of course, I pass over.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mercedes cried when her clothes-bags were dumped on the ground and article after article was thrown out.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

(Kit, NCI Thesaurus)

All written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying an article at any time while such article is in interstate commerce or held for sale after shipment or delivery in interstate commerce.

(Labeling, NCI Thesaurus)