■ noun
1》 a particular object.
2》 a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper or magazine.
3》 a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document.
4》 ( ~s ) a period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant.
↘the terms on which crew members take service on a ship.
5》 Grammar the definite or indefinite ~.
■ verb ( be ~d ) Brit. be employed as a trainee in the office of a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant.
Phrases
an ~ of faith a firmly held belief.
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. articulus 'small connecting part', dimin. of artus 'joint'.