Definition of Article

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Article

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

A distinct part.

A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

Precise point of time; moment.

One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.

One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

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Article Quotations

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
Thomas Jefferson

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Mohandas Gandhi

Non-violence is the article of faith.
Mohandas Gandhi

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
Robert Collier

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
Robert A. Heinlein

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.
Layne Staley

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.
Woodrow Wilson

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.
Sonia Sotomayor

Fascism is not an article for export.
Benito Mussolini

Article Translations

article in Afrikaans is artikel
article in Danish is ting, artikel
article in Dutch is handelsartikel, artikel
article in Finnish is esine
article in French is article, apport, objet
article in German is Artikel {m}, Gegenstand
article in Norwegian is ting
article in Portuguese is artigo, objecto
article in Swedish is persedel, vara, artikel

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