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
