transcription, транскрипция: [ ɑ:(r)tɪk(ə)l ]
( articles)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
An article is a piece of writing that is published in a newspaper or magazine.
...a newspaper article...
According to an article in The Economist the drug could have side effects.
N-COUNT : oft N prep
2.
You can refer to objects as articles of some kind.
...articles of clothing...
...household articles.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
3.
If you describe something as the genuine article , you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good.
The vodka was the genuine article.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v [ emphasis ]
4.
An article 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 articles 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 article is a kind of determiner. In English, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called the indefinite article , and ‘the’ is called the definite article .
N-COUNT