articulate

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Latin articulātus

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/, X-SAMPA: /A:(r\)"tIk.jU.l@t/
  • (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA: /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/, X-SAMPA: /A:r\"tIk.j@.l@t/
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Adjective[edit]

articulate (comparative more articulate, superlative most articulate)

  1. clear, effective
  2. especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
    She’s a bright, articulate young woman.
  3. able to bend or hinge at certain points or intervals
    The robot arm was articulate in two directions.
    articulate animals or plants
  4. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
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Noun[edit]

articulate (plural articulates)

  1. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Etymology 2[edit]

From the adjective.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /A:(r\)"tIk.jU.leIt/
  • (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA: /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, X-SAMPA: /A:r\"tIk.j@.leIt/
    (file)

Verb[edit]

articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated)

  1. To make clear or effective.
  2. To speak clearly; to enunciate.
    I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.
  3. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
    I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.
  4. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
    an articulated bus
  5. (music) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
    Articulate that passage heavily.
  6. (anatomy) to form a joint or connect by joints
    The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.
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Verb[edit]

articulāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of articulō