Definition of article
1 a
: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
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
