articlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/article noun [ C ] (NEWSPAPER)
B1 a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, or on the internet:
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- The article appeared on the front page of the Guardian.
- If you spot any mistakes in the article just mark them with a pencil.
- Her article on diet startled many people into changing their eating habits.
- The newspaper published a toughly worded article about racist behaviour.
- She has written articles for several women's magazines.
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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- column
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- exclusive
- filler
- funny
- leader
- masthead
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
- spread
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article noun [ C ] (GRAMMAR)
B1 specialized language any of the English words "a", "an", and "the", or words in other languages that do the same job as these
Examples
- When I say "I'm a dentist", I am using the indefinite article "a".
- It is not correct to include the article 'a' before a plural noun.
- Uncountable nouns should not have an indefinite article in front of them.
- The sentence 'Paris is the capital city of France' uses the definite article.
- With French nouns, like 'la maison', it's important to learn the article that goes with the noun.
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Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adj
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- collective noun
- common noun
- conj
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- proper noun
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article noun [ C ] (OBJECT)
a particular thing, especially one that is one of several things of a similar type or in the same place:
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Objects - general words
- artefact
- artifact
- blank
- column
- conversation piece
- curio
- doing
- doodad
- doodah
- entity
- ephemera
- nick-nack
- object
- phenomenon
- piece
- shape
- such and such
- thing
- widget
- wisp
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article noun [ C ] (LAW)
a separate part in a written document such as a legal agreement:
to be working in a law office while training to be a lawyer
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- enforce
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- passage
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
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