article
pronunciation
How to pronounce article in British English:
UK [ˈɑːtɪkl]
How to pronounce article in American English:
US [ˈɑːrtɪkl]
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- Noun:
- nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
- one of a class of artifacts
- a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
- (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
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- Verb:
- bind by a contract; especially for a training period
Word Origin
- article
- article: [13] Like art, arm, and arthritis, article goes back to an Indo-European root *ar-, which meant ‘put things together, join, fit’. Amongst its derivatives was Latin artus ‘joint’ (a form parallel to Greek árthron, source of arthritis), of which the diminutive was articulus ‘small joint’. This was extended metaphorically to mean ‘division, part’, and when the word first entered English, via Old French article, it was used for a particular clause of a treaty, of a contract, or specifically of the Creed.Its application to an ‘item, thing’ is a comparatively late development, from the start of the 19th century. A Latin derivative of articulus, the verb articulāre ‘divide into joints’, hence ‘speak distinctly’, gave rise to English articulate [16].=> arm, art, arthritis
- article (n.)
- c. 1200, "separate parts of anything written" (such as the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from Old French article (13c.), from Latin articulus, diminutive of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together;" (see arm (n.1)). Meaning extended to "a small division," then generalized to "item, thing." Older sense preserved in Articles of War "military regulations" (1716) and Articles of Confederation (U.S. history). Meaning "literary composition in a journal, etc." (independent, but part of a larger work) first recorded 1712. Meaning "piece of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.
Example
- 1. The article lays out three stages for reform .
- 2. Is there forbidden article in your luggage ?
- 3. Then there 's article 126 , which regulates policy for dealing with excessive deficits in member states .
- 4. Slow retail trade partly reflects a lack of spending power ( see article ) .
- 5. In addition , figures published in the 2006 article were inconsistent with the original data , the statement said .