ARTICLE


Meaning of ARTICLE in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

An ~ is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.

...a newspaper ~...

According to an ~ in The Economist the drug could have side effects.

N-COUNT: oft N prep

2.

You can refer to objects as ~s of some kind.

...~s of clothing...

...household ~s.

N-COUNT: oft N of n

3.

If you describe something as the genuine ~, you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good.

The vodka was the genuine ~.

PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v emphasis

4.

An ~ of a formal agreement or document is a section of it which deals with a particular point.

...Article 50 of the UN charter.

N-COUNT: oft N of n, N num

5.

Someone who is in ~s is being trained as a lawyer or accountant by a firm with whom they have a written agreement. (BRIT)

N-PLURAL: usu prep N

6.

In grammar, an ~ is a kind of determiner. In English, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called the indefinite ~, and ‘the’ is called the definite ~.

N-COUNT

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