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indefinite article
noun
, Grammar.
- an article, as English a, an, that denotes class membership of the noun it modifies without particularizing it.
indefinite article
noun
- grammar a determiner that expresses nonspecificity of reference, such as a, an, or some Compare definite article
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indefinite article1
First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences
AN is an indefinite article, I just said it twice, and AR is the letter that starts the word "rice."
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A, the indefinite article, a broken-down form of An, and used before words beginning with the sound of a consonant.
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An, an, adj. one: the indefinite article, used before words beginning with the sound of a vowel.
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Paizhik is one, and is also used as the indefinite article—the only article the language possesses.
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Note the Irish idiom—the definite for the indefinite article.
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We remember that the Latin language has neither a definite nor an indefinite article.
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