article

IPA: ˈɑrtʌkʌɫ

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
An object, a member of a group or class.
(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
(derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.
(obsolete, slang) A wench.
(dated) Subject matter; concern.
(dated) A distinct part.
(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
Short for genuine article. [real deal, real McCoy, pure quill, the shit, the bomb]

Examples of "article" in Sentences

The Berlin article is about how liberal (and the best among us!) wind up illiberal.
An article is placed before a substantive to limit or determine its meaning; the articles are _a_, _an_, and _the_; _a_ or _an_ is called the _indefinite article_, because it does not point out any particular object: _the_ is called the _definite article_ because it determines what particular object is meant.
The title article calls for “retrenchment” in the “humanitarian missions” abroad that are consuming the country’s wealth, so as to arrest the American decline that is a major theme of international affairs discourse, usually accompanied by the corollary that power is shifting to the East, to China and maybe India.