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article

ar·ticle

UK/ˈɑːtɪkl̩/ US/ˈɑːtʰɪkʰəɫ/ common slang
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

one of a class of artifacts

  • “an article of clothing”
3.

a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

Synonyms
4.

verb

1.

Origin

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

Phrases

  • article of death
  • article of extraordinary value
  • article of faith
  • article of virtu
  • articled clerk
  • articles of association
  • articles of incorporation
  • articles of organization
  • articles of war

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