to article
- verb
- /ˈɑrtɪkəl/
- Archaic
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- After completing their assessments, they decided to article him as an apprentice chef for one year.
I became article to an estate agent's firm.
- I became article to an estate agent's firm.
Examples
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The company plans to article two new trainees under a formal apprenticeship agreement.
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Before starting her training, she had to sign a contract that would article her for six months.
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So can we just take care of this now, or do I need to article robot nuke out another article on the subject?
Blog text (6) -
You get Crawford in now, before I article 15 both your asses.
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People will article when the BD2 box office is all over and done that will show those pics of her looking disinterested while he gazes at her the same as they did with the London promo pics from BD1 to prove their point that "she's not into him" still.
Blog text (9)
Synonyms
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4.4
To make someone legally required to do something
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3.5
Make a formal written agreement to have someone do work
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8.9
To legally bind someone to work for a set time
To make someone legally work for another for a set time
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
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3.8
A long newspaper or magazine article that explains one subject in detail
- Formal
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3.9
An article that gives a short summary and opinion of other people's work like books or research
- Literature
An online article that uses exciting or false headlines to make people click
- Literature
A short informal news text that someone writes quickly with little research
Surface Forms
Etymology
Article comes from Latin articulus 'small part', and the word was used for written 'terms' or clauses in a contract; to be 'articled' meant being put under those terms. So when someone is 'articled' to a firm, they are legally bound by a formal training contract.