Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
article (noun)1.
a) a distinct often numbered section of a writing
b) a separate clause
c) a stipulation in a document (as a contract or a creed) - articles of indenture
d) a nonfictional prose composition usually forming an independent part of a publication (as a magazine)
2.
an item of business - matter
3.
any of a small set of words or affixes (as and ) used with nouns to limit or give definiteness to the application - a, an, the
4.
a member of a class of things , especially an item of goods - articles of value
5.
a thing or person of a particular and distinctive kind or class - the genuine article
transitive verb
to bind by (as of apprenticeship) - articles
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
article (noun)a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
SYNONIMS:
article, composition, paper, themeRELATED WORDS:
causerie; column, commentary, editorial, feature, report, review, write-up; dissertation, thesis; tract, treatise; discourse, discussion, exposition, prolegomenon, study