1. One of a class of artifacts
   "an article of clothing"
    
2. A piece of informative or opinion writing in a newspaper, magazine, or online publication
   "She wrote an article on climate change for the scientific journal"
    
3. A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
   "The desk lamp was a solid article that cast distinct shadows";
   - object, physical object
    
4. A separate section of a legal document (as a statute, contract or will)
   "Article 19 of the treaty dealt with territorial waters";
   - clause
    
5. (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
   "'The' is a definite article, while 'a' and 'an' are indefinite articles"

1. Bind by a contract; especially for a training period
   "The company articled the new graduates for a two-year internship"

Derived forms: articled, articling, articles

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], bind, determinative, determiner, hold, nonfiction, nonfictional prose, obligate, oblige, physical entity, piece, section, subdivision

Part of: doc [informal], document, papers, written document

Encyclopedia: Article