article

US: /ˈɑɹtəkəɫ/, /ˈɑɹtɪkəɫ/
UK: /ˈɑːtɪkə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


article /'ɑ:tikl/
  • danh từ
    • bài báo
      • leading article: bài xã luận
    • điều khoản, mục
      • articles of apprenticeship: điều khoản học việc (trong giao kèo)
      • article of faith: tín điều
    • đồ, thức, vật phẩm; hàng
      • articles of daily necessity: những thức cần thiết cho đời sống hằng ngày
      • an article of food: đồ ăn
      • an article of clothing: đồ mặc
      • article of luxury: hàng xa xỉ
    • (ngôn ngữ học) mạo từ
      • definite article: mạo từ hạn định
      • indefinite article: mạo từ bất định
    • in the article of death
      • lúc chết, lúc tắt thở
  • ngoại động từ
    • đặt thành điều khoản, đặt thành mục
    • cho học việc theo những điều khoản trong giao kèo
      • articled apprentice: người học việc theo giao kèo
    • (pháp lý) buộc tội; tố cáo
      • to article against someone for something: tố giác ai về việc gì; buộc tội ai về cái gì

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 ~ (on / about sth) a piece of writing about a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine: Have you seen that article about young fashion designers?
See also - LEADING ARTICLE
2 (law) a separate item in an agreement or a contract: The proposal breaches article 10 of the European Convention, which guarantees free speech.
3 (formal) a particular item or separate thing, especially one of a set: articles of clothing + toilet articles such as soap, toothpaste and shampoo + The articles found in the car helped the police to identify the body.
4 (grammar) the words a and an (the indefinite article) or the (the definite article)

Collocation dictionary


1 piece of writing

ADJ.

brilliant, excellent, good, informative, interesting | influential, major, seminal | controversial, critical, provocative | in-depth | feature, lead/leading, review
A leading article in ‘The Times’ accused the minister of lying.
| occasional
(= not part of a series)It was her job to commission occasional articles.
| offending
An advertisement will now replace the offending article.
| academic, learned, scholarly | journal, magazine, newspaper, periodical, press

QUANT.

series

VERB + ARTICLE

commission | do
I'm doing an article about ways of preventing pollution.
| contribute, submit | read, see
Did you see the article on Europe in today's paper?
| carry, feature, print, publish, run
The magazine refused to print his article.

ARTICLE + VERB

appear
The article appears in this week's edition of ‘The Spectator’.
| describe sth, detail sth, explain sth, point sth out, say sth, state sth | discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth, focus on sth, look at sth
The article looks at two questions.
| allege sth, argue sth, claim sth, imply sth, suggest sth | attack sb/sth, criticize sb/sth | cite sb/sth, quote sb/sth | continue, go on
The article goes on to quote from Darwin's ‘Origin of Species’.
| conclude sth

PREP.

in an/the ~
She admitted she was wrong in an article in the newspaper.
| ~ about, ~ by
an article about atomic clocks by Professor Keith Runcorn
| ~ on
an article on the dangers of sunbathing

PHRASES

an article called/entitled/headed sth
an article entitled ‘Think Yourself Thin’

2 part of law

ADJ.

key
The key articles of the constitution can only be changed by referendum.

VERB + ARTICLE

be in breach of, breach, contravene, flout, infringe, violate
The actions of the organization are in breach of Article 12 of the treaty.

ARTICLE + VERB

provide sth, specify sth, state sth
Article 10 provides that all businesses must be registered correctly.

PREP.

under an/the ~
The judge ordered the child's return home under Article 12 of the Convention.

PHRASES

the terms of an article
The terms of Article 3 will be changed by the new government.

3 thing

ADJ.

finished
The finished article takes two months to manufacture.
| the genuine
Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article.
| offending | household, toilet

VERB + ARTICLE

make, manufacture, produce

PHRASES

an article of clothing

4 grammar

ADJ.

definite, indefinite

VERB + ARTICLE

take
Names of countries in English do not usually take an article.


Concise English dictionary


articles|articled|articling'ɑːtɪkl
noun
+nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
+one of a class of artifacts
+a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
+(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
verb
+bind by a contract; especially for a training period