article

Magazine text unit

An article is an individual item or thing, often one of several: an article of clothing, articles of furniture.

In publishing, an article is a piece of nonfiction writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website.

In grammar, articles are the words *a*, *an*, and *the*.

Legal documents have numbered articles setting out terms: Article I of the Constitution.

To article is to bind someone through a formal agreement, as in apprenticeship.

journalism

headline

News article title

reporter · newsroom · column · feature · dateline · lede · exclusive · interview · source · coverage

legal

clause

Provision in agreement

contract · treaty · constitution · amendment · statute · covenant · terms · agreement · paragraph · subsection

grammar

determiner

Noun-introducing word class

a · an · noun · modifier · syntax · usage · speech · linguistic · omission

item

piece

A portion or segment

  • unitIndividual part or measure
  • objectTangible entity or aim
  • thingUnspecified entity or matter

commodity · goods · merchandise · product · inventory · garment · artifact · specimen · collectible · component

publication

newspaper

Printed periodical of current events

newsletter · bulletin · gazette · digest · anthology · e-zine · broadsheet · tabloid · quarterly · submission

essay

thesis

Academic argument requiring defense

discourse · analysis · critique · reflection · dissertation · manuscript · publication · structure · coherence · evidence

Categories
Opposites
part vs. whole (publication)

articlewhole

Full and undivided

book · volume · newspaper · magazine · monograph

specific vs. general (grammar)

articlenoun

Word naming something

substantive · verb · adjective

individual item vs. bulk/mass (commerce)

articlebulk goods

Products sold in mass

commodities · raw material · mass · inventory · stock

Phrases
Family

articulate, articles, particle, articulation, articulated, inarticulate, articulating, articulately, articulates

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