Synonyms for article

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahr-ti-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr tɪ kəl

Définition of article

Origin : c.1200, "separate parts of anything written" (e.g. the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from Old French article (13c.), from Latin articulus, diminutive of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together;" (see arm (n.1)).
Meaning extended to "a small division," then generalized to "item, thing." Older sense preserved in Articles of War "military regulations" (1716) and Articles of Confederation (U.S. history). Meaning "literary composition in a journal, etc." (independent, but part of a larger work) first recorded 1712. Meaning "piece of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.

noun item, object
noun piece of writing
noun section of document

Example sentences :

This set them to looking up some other article which might impart variety to their fare.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She simply lived by her wits, and perhaps by some want of that article in her male friends.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Yet in the Protectionist dispensation, this has become an article of faith.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

So that they are advised with upon every article relating to us, or that may affect us.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

His ferret eyes searched the apartment; he seemed counting every article.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

What three things does Luther's explanation of this article tell us?
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

As an article of food it is mentioned oftener in the Bible than any other.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

He had sold an article and had been commissioned to do an interesting job.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

We did not succeed, however; nor was any article taken on board.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

The sales of the article were made by the captain, up at the factory.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Antonyms for article

whole

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