article

article

/ˈɑːtɪkl/

1 a piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, on a website, etc.

to read/write/publish an article

Her tweet follows an article posted online by the ‘Huffington Post’.

article (by somebody) on something

I read an interesting article by a well-known scientist on the subject of genetics.

article (by somebody) about something

Have you seen that article about young fashion designers?

according to an article

According to a recent newspaper article, the company is worth over $20 billion.

Collocations

adjective

… of articles

verb + article

article + verb

preposition

in an/​the article

article about

article on…

phrases

an article called something

an article entitled something

an article headed something

2 ​(law) a separate item in an agreement or a contract

Article 10 of the European Convention guarantees free speech.

3 (formal) a particular item or separate thing, especially one of a set

articles of clothing

toilet articles such as soap and shampoo

The articles found in the car helped the police to identify the body.

4 (grammar) the words a and an (the indefinite article) or the (the definite article)

Names of countries in English do not usually take an article.

Collocations

adjective

verb + article

Word Origin

Middle English (denoting a separate clause of the Apostles' Creed, a formal statement of Christian beliefs): from Old French, from Latin articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.

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