indefinite article

1. 1.

   a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference

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Questions about indefinite article

What does indefinite article mean?

indefinite article means "a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates nonspecific reference".

Is indefinite article a common word?

indefinite article is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.