n.
- a particular object.
- a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper or magazine.
- a separate clause or paragraph of a legal document.
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(articles)
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.
- Grammar the definite or indefinite article.
v.
(
be articled)
Brit. be employed as a trainee in the office of a solicitor, architect, surveyor, or accountant.
Phrase
- an article of faith
a firmly held belief.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. articulus ‘small connecting part’, dimin. of artus ‘joint’.