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article
A	noun
	1	article
				one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚article ╚ware ╚notion ╚knickknack; novelty ╚breakable ╚article of commerce
	2	article
				nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚writing style; literary genre; genre ╚prose ╚nonfiction; nonfictional prose ╚article ╚think piece ╚paper ╚offprint; reprint; separate ╚news article; news story; newspaper article ╚magazine article ╚feature; feature article ╚column; editorial; newspaper column
	3	article
				(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚language unit; linguistic unit ╚word ╚function word; closed-class word ╚determiner; determinative ╚article ╚indefinite article ╚definite article
	4	article, clause
				a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚section; subdivision ╚article, clause ╚rider ╚reserve clause ╚escalator clause; escalator ╚deductible ╚arbitration clause
B	verb
	1	article
				bind by a contract; especially for a training period
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚relate ╚oblige; bind; hold; obligate ╚article

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