plural articles
Definition of article
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a distinct often numbered section of a writing
an article of the constitution
b
: a separate clause
c
: a stipulation in a document (such as a contract or a creed)
articles of indenture
d
: a nonfictional prose composition usually forming an independent part of a publication (such as a magazine)
wrote an article for the newspaper
e
: a document setting forth the terms of an agreement
—usually plural The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the certificate of filing of the articles of merger and plan of merger …— Ruby Anne M. Rubioarticles of consolidationarticles of incorporation
2
: an item of business : matter
3
grammar
: any of a small set of words or affixes (such as a, an, and the) used with nouns to limit or give definiteness to the application
4
: a member of a class of things
especially
: an item of goods
articles of value
5
: a thing or person of a particular and distinctive kind or class
the genuine article
article
verbDefinition of article (Entry 2 of 2)
: to bind by articles (as of apprenticeship) (see article entry 1 sense 1c)
He went to Durham Grammar School, was articled to a solicitor in Newcastle at seventeen, moved to another firm in London at twenty …— T. J. Binyon
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The first known use of article was in the 13th century
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