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noun · verb US /ˈɑːrtəkəl/

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

  1. nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
  2. one of a class of artifacts an article of clothing
  3. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) also: clause
  4. (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

verb

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

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

article in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Full Assortments of every Article in our line!

    The Guardian Angel · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1

  • He had no trouble looking for the article.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • The latter is the sole object of this article.

    Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1

  • He wrote an article which attracted attention in a quarterly review.

    Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 2

  • We shall have the butler to prove the loss of the article.

    Plays : First Series · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1

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