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noun 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’ 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. 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 grammar ADJ. definite, indefinite VERB + ARTICLE take Names of countries in English do not usually take an article.
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article a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject: • Greg began his career writing articles for the college magazine. • an interesting newspaper article story an article in a newspaper about a recent event, especially one that a lot of people find interesting or exciting: • a front-page story • I read a newspaper story about the crash. • The local paper ran a story (= published a story ) about the festival. piece a short article in a newspaper or magazine: • I’ve written a couple of pieces for the New York Times magazine. • The piece was first published in the Observer. feature a special article about a particular subject, often with photographs and continuing for several pages: • They had a special feature on Croatia. • The paper did a big feature on growing your own food. review an article in a newspaper or magazine about a book, play, product, hotel etc, giving someone’s opinion of it: • The play had rave reviews (= people liked it a lot - an informal use ) . • Did you see the review of the new Coldplay album? column an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine: • He has a weekly column in the TImes. • She writes a newspaper column on gardening. editorial a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: • Several years ago the New York Times published an editorial stating that the appropriate minimum wage is $0.00. cutting British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine: • His mother has kept all his old press cuttings.