article
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,407 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,124 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- one of a class of artifacts an article of clothing
- a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) also: clause
- (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
verb
- bind by a contract; especially for a training period
article in real books
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Full Assortments of every Article in our line!
The Guardian Angel · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1
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He had no trouble looking for the article.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The latter is the sole object of this article.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He wrote an article which attracted attention in a quarterly review.
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 2
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We shall have the butler to prove the loss of the article.
Plays : First Series · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1