- article
- noun1 piece of writingADJECTIVE▪ brilliant, excellent, fascinating, good, great, informative, insightful, interesting, must-read (informal, esp. AmE), thoughtful, thought-provoking▪ well-researched, well-written▪ influential, major, seminal▪ controversial, critical, provocative▪ in-depth▪ lengthy▪ brief, short▪ timely (esp. AmE)▪ news▪ feature, front-page, lead, leading, op-ed (AmE), 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.
▪ follow-up, related▪ accompanying▪ how-to (esp. AmE)▪The magazine includes a how-to article on building a greenhouse.
▪ published▪ academic, scholarly, scientific▪ peer-reviewed▪ journal, magazine, newspaper, press▪ online… OF ARTICLES▪ seriesVERB + ARTICLE▪ author (formal), co-author, do, pen, write▪I'm doing an article about ways of preventing pollution.
▪ research▪ commission▪ adapt▪ edit▪ excerpt (AmE)▪an article excerpted from ‘CAD Principles’
▪ contribute, email, submit▪ post▪ read, see▪Did you see the article on China in today's paper?
▪ cite, quote, reference▪ review▪ carry, feature, print, publish, reprint, run▪The magazine refused to print his article.
▪ clip (AmE), clip out (esp. AmE), cut out▪He always clips and saves articles about people he knows.
ARTICLE + VERB▪ appear▪The article appears in this week's edition of ‘Time’.
▪ contain sth, feature sth▪The article contains a good deal of information about the software.
▪ describe sth, detail sth, explain sth, mention sth, outline sth, point sth out, present sth, report sth, reveal sth, say sth, state sth, talk about sth▪ demonstrate sth, illustrate sth, indicate sth, show sth▪ address sth, analyse/analyze sth, deal with sth, discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth, focus on sth, look at sth▪The article looks at two questions.
▪ emphasize sth, highlight sth▪ review sth▪ allege sth, argue sth, assert sth, claim sth, imply sth, suggest sth▪ propose sth▪ attack sb/sth, criticize sb/sth▪ cite sb/sth, quote sb/sth▪ conclude sthPREPOSITION▪ in an/the article▪She admitted she was wrong in an article in the newspaper.
▪ article about, article on▪an article on the dangers of sunbathing
▪ article by▪an article about wine by Alison Waters
PHRASES▪ an article called sth, an article entitled sth, an article headed sth, an article headlined sth, an article titled sth (esp. AmE)▪an article entitled ‘Think Yourself Thin’
2 part of lawADJECTIVE▪ key▪the key articles of the constitution
VERB + ARTICLE▪ be in breach of (esp. BrE), breach (esp. BrE), contravene (esp. BrE), infringe (BrE), violate▪The actions of the organization violate Article 12 of the treaty.
ARTICLE + VERB▪ provide sth (formal), specify sth, state sth▪Article 10 provides that all businesses must be registered correctly.
PREPOSITION▪ under an/the article▪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 thingADJECTIVE▪ 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, toiletVERB + ARTICLE▪ make, manufacture, producePHRASES▪ an article of clothing4 grammarADJECTIVE▪ definite, indefiniteVERB + ARTICLE▪ take▪Names of countries in English do not usually take an article.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
