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The document defines the term 'article' in various contexts, including legal agreements, journalism, and grammar. It explains that articles can refer to separate parts of a legal document, pieces of writing in publications, or small grammatical words. Additionally, it provides examples and collocations related to the term 'article.'

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Meaning ofs

The document defines the term 'article' in various contexts, including legal agreements, journalism, and grammar. It explains that articles can refer to separate parts of a legal document, pieces of writing in publications, or small grammatical words. Additionally, it provides examples and collocations related to the term 'article.'

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a separate part in a written document such as a legal agreement:

East and West Germany united under article 23 of the


Bonn constitution.
articles UK

work done in a law office while training to be a lawyer:


do your articles I'm doing my articles in a small firm in Oxford.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Grammar

Piece words and group words


Piece words make it possible to talk about a single unit or units of something
which is seen as uncountable. Piece words include words such as piece, bit,
item, article. We normally use them with of. We can use them in the singular
or the plural. …

Piece words
Piece words make it possible to talk about a single unit or units of something
which is seen as uncountable. Piece words include words such as piece, bit,
item, article. We normally use them with of. We can use them in the singular
or the plural. …

(Definition of article from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary &

Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

article | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

article
noun [ C ]
US
/ˈɑrt̬·ɪ·kəl/
article noun [C] (PIECE OF WRITING)
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WRITING
a piece of writing on a particular subject in
a newspaper or magazine:
an article on Chinese art
article noun [C] (OBJECT)

a particular thing or item:


The police want a description of each missing article.
article noun [C] (SMALL WORD)

GRAMMAR
any of the English words "a," "an," and "the," or words in
other languages that are used in a similar way as these
(Definition of article from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary ©

Cambridge University Press)

article | BUSINESS ENGLISH

article
noun
UK
/ˈɑːtɪkl/ US
Add to word list
[C]
a piece of writing on a particular subject in
a newspaper or magazine:
The article appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of Economics and Portfolio
Strategy, a newsletter for institutional investors.

[ C ] LAW (also Article)


a separate part in a written document such as
a law or legal agreement:
The Commission has power to impose fines on parties in breach of
Article 85(1).
articles
LAW UK
work in a law office as part of someone's training to be a lawyer:
I received a fairly general grounding while in
articles, including the opportunity to undertake some commercial wor
k.
(Definition of article from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary ©

Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES OF ARTICLE

article
The articles cover a wide range of diverse and important topics, to keep you
up-to-date with developments in foreign and second language education.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

Because of this, diverse predictions are made as to the pattern of error that
should be present in the production of articles.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

In 2006, we were able to publish 71 articles plus editorial material and


corrections.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

The earliest of these articles is shorter than its introduction, an indication of


the author's willingness to revisit his pronouncements.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

There are some differences among the various articles and reports with
regard to names, places, and spellings.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

Reference lists from identified articles were hand searched.


From the Cambridge English Corpus

Numerous books and articles describe growing dissatisfaction with school


performance starting in the 1970s and 1980s.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

The collection of articles in this special issue illustrates the strengths of


different approaches in dealing with these obstacles.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

Each of the five thematic sections is subdivided into between three and seven
single-authored articles.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

Access to the full-text versions of the articles, reviews, chant bibliography and
chant discography will be available only to institutional subscribers.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

The practical implementation of supplementary prescribing has been the


subject of much debate, and several articles this month address the issue.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

The book also includes short, informative articles on a variety of


miscellaneous topics.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

The book is divided into sections devoted to interview features, articles on


aesthetics, music and politics, and concert reviews, and obituaries of leading
figures.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

In an age of blogging, one might assume that the consistent recurrence of an


error stems from reliance on partisan articles posted on influential websites.
From the Cambridge English Corpus

In the perceptual domain, lack of salience of articles makes for difficulty.


From the Cambridge English Corpus

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions
in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary
editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

COLLOCATIONS WITH ARTICLE

article
These are words often used in combination with article.

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article directory
The social media website doubles as an article directory, permitting users to
add full articles as well as blog posts to their account.
From

Wikipedia

article of clothing
A virtuous green would see herself as taking on the moral weight of
production and disposal when she purchases an article of clothing (for
example).
From the Cambridge English Corpus

article of manufacture
Land is not an article of manufacture, and the difficulty is to get it in order to
distribute it amongst the people who stand in need of it.
From the

Hansard archive

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions
in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary
editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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What is the pronunciation of article?

Translations of article

in Chinese (Traditional)
報紙, （報紙或雜誌上的）文章，報導, 論文…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
报纸, （报纸或杂志上的）文章，报道, 论文…
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in Spanish
artículo, artículo [masculine]…
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in Portuguese
artigo, peça, artigo [masculine]…
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