article

US /ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/
UK /ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/
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a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, or on the internet

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She wrote an interesting article about climate change.
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Did you read the latest article in the newspaper?
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reportfeaturepiecestory
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a particular item or object

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Please list each article of clothing separately.
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The museum displayed many ancient articles.
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itemobjectthingunit
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a word (such as a, an, or the) used with a noun to specify its grammatical definiteness, as in English, or its gender, number, and case, as in many other languages

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In the sentence 'The dog barked,' 'the' is a definite article.
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English has indefinite articles 'a' and 'an'.
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definite articleindefinite article