article
noun
[ ˈɑːtɪk(ə)l ]
• a particular item or object.
• "small household articles"
Similar:
object,
thing,
item,
unit,
artefact,
piece of merchandise,
commodity,
product,
device,
gadget,
contrivance,
instrument,
utensil,
tool,
implement,
whatsit,
what-d'you-call-it,
what's-its-name,
whatchamacallit,
thingummy,
thingy,
thingamabob,
thingamajig,
oojamaflip,
oojah,
gizmo,
gubbins,
doodah,
doobry,
doodad,
doohickey,
doojigger,
dingus,
thingo,
• a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.
• "an article about middle-aged executives"
Similar:
essay,
report,
account,
story,
write-up,
feature,
item,
piece (of writing),
composition,
column,
paper,
tract,
study,
review,
commentary,
treatise,
analysis,
disquisition,
discourse,
theme,
• a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document or agreement, typically one outlining a single rule or regulation.
• "it is an offence under Article 7 of the Treaty"
Similar:
clause,
section,
subsection,
point,
item,
paragraph,
division,
subdivision,
heading,
part,
bit,
passage,
portion,
segment,
provision,
proviso,
stipulation,
• a period of training with a firm as a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant.
• "he is already in articles"
• the definite or indefinite article.
article
verb
• bind (a trainee solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant) to undergo a period of training with a firm in order to become qualified.
• "he was articled to a firm of solicitors in York"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a separate clause of the Apostles' Creed): from Old French, from Latin articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.
