# articles

Pronunciation: US say "AHR-ti-kuhlz" /ˈɑɹtɪkəlz/; UK say "AH-ti-kuhlz" /ˈɑːtɪkəlz/

## Noun

1. Plural of article. — plural of article
   - Simple: Plural of article. Use this form when you mean more than one article.
   - _The magazine published several articles about climate change last spring._
   - _Customs officers inspected the articles packed in his luggage._
3. The period during which someone works as an articled clerk, training in a law firm before qualifying.
   - Simple: The training time when a person works as a junior clerk in a law office.
   - _After law school, she completed her articles at a corporate firm in the city._
   - _His articles gave him two years of hands-on legal experience._
4. A man's clothing taken together, especially breeches with a coat and waistcoat. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A man's outfit of clothes, such as pants, a coat, and a vest.
   - _He pawned his only good articles to cover the week's rent._
   - _The valet laid out his master's articles for the morning._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of article. — third-person singular simple present indicative of article
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of article. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The senior partner articles every recruit before they handle real cases._
   - _The practice articles its trainees under a formal apprenticeship agreement._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/articles (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).