article [
rtik'l ]
noun (plural articles)
Definition:
1. newspaper or reference piece: a piece of nonfiction writing in a newspaper, magazine,
or reference book
an article on ecology
2. item: an object or item, especially one that is part of a group
articles of clothing
3. grammar word before noun: a word used with a noun that specifies whether the
noun is definite or indefinite. In English the indefinite articles are 'a' and 'an',
and the definite article is 'the'.
4. online newsgroup message: a message or posting to a newsgroup
5. law legal paragraph: a section of a legal document that deals with a specific
point
transitive verb (3rd person present singular articles, present participle articling, past and past participle articled)
Definition:
law bind somebody by contract: to bind somebody by the articles of a contract, especially
somebody training in the legal profession
[12th century. Via French< Latin articulus 'joint, section' < artus 'joint, limb']