Articulate Definition
är-tĭkyə-lĭt
articulated, articulates, articulating
adjective
Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words.
Articulate speech.
American Heritage
Having parts connected by joints; jointed.
Webster's New World
Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language.
An articulate speaker.
American Heritage
Made up of distinct syllables or words that have meaning, as human speech.
Webster's New World
Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language.
An articulate essay.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- articulated
- true-speaking
- plumbable
- loud-spoken
- loud-speaking
- high-fidelity
- demosthenian
- smooth-spoken
- eloquent
- silver-tongued
- facund
- voiced
- vocal
- oral
- uttered
verb
articulated, articulates, articulating
To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate.
American Heritage
To connect by forming a joint or joints.
Webster's New World
To speak distinctly; pronounce clearly.
Webster's New World
To utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs.
American Heritage
To arrange in connected sequence; fit together; correlate.
To articulate a middle-school science program with high-school courses.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Articulate
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Latin articulātus past participle of articulāre to divide into joints, utter distinctly from articulus small joint article
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from Latin articulātus ("distinct, articulated, jointed").
From Wiktionary
From the adjective.
From Wiktionary
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